WHAT IS LIGATION OR PHLEBECTOMY?
Also a non-invasive office procedure, ligation and/or a phlebectomy is used to disrupt or tie off a vein. Simple office testing will determine if you require any ligations or phlebectomy. It is done to disrupt the flow of blood feeding into other areas. The procedure consists of marking your leg at the areas where there are points of maximum reflux. (Reflux means the backflow of blood down the leg.) A local anesthetic is used and then the area is tied off, excise, or stitch at the perforating vein.
