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What Does CCSVI Treatment Feel Like?

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What Does CCSVI Treatment Feel Like?

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#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}if(zs>0){zSB(3,3)}else{gEI(“spacer”).style.display=’none’;gEI(“sidebar”).style.display=’none’} Call me a wimp, but when I hear about a new drug or procedure, I really want to know what the downside is. I want to know what the side effects are of any drug and how much any sort of procedure is going to hurt. When I heard about the “Liberation Treatment” for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), true to form, my first reaction was to cringe. The treatment is fairly simple. Called “balloon angioplasty,” a catheter is threaded up to the jugular veins through an incision made in the groin area. Dye is usually used to highlight the areas of interest. The catheter is then positioned at the area of stenosis and inflated to open the vein up. A stent is occasionally placed. The same procedure is repeated in the azygos vein, which runs along the right side of the spin