Liquid cryosclerosis invented by Dr. Manuel Ripoll from Mallorca is a microsclerosing method that with the help of cold improves the results of traditional techniques in which foam is used for varicose veins, managing to almost completely suppress pigmentation after treatment.
Cryosclerosis is performed with a small syringe called a Cryo-syringe in which a product is introduced into the varicose vein in the same way as traditional sclerosis.
The Cryo-syringe has a double internal compartment: one carries the sclerosant and the external one is filled with carbon dioxide that will keep the sclerosant at very low temperatures (around 40 to 45 degrees Celsius below zero) which will increase the sclerosing effect produced by cold. which, together with the vasoconstriction generated, produces greater damage to the vascular endothelium.
Before considering this treatment, a clinical examination and a venous Eco-Doppler should be performed to rule out concomitant deep venous problems.
Cryosclerosis outperforms other treatments for telangiectasias or small-calibre varicosities in its results. In many cases, various combined techniques are used, ranging from microsurgery, ambulatory phlebectomy, ultrasound-guided varicose sclerosis or micro-sclerosis, all of them combined with cryosclerosis. So only the differential diagnosis will make it possible to select the most appropriate technique in order to obtain the maximum results with the minimum intervention.