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Conditions & Treatments
Conditions
The most common arterial disease is atherosclerosis. At South Sydney Vascular Centre, we see patients with or without symptoms of this condition, also described as hardening of the arteries or peripheral artery disease.
Wounds on the lower leg that will not heal are very common and it is estimated that at any one time 1% of Australians have a chronic leg ulcer. They often occur after minor injury but can occur for no obvious reason and if not treated properly they can persist for decades or else continually heal but break down again.
The prevalence of obesity in Australia has doubled in the past 20 years, making it one of the fattest nations in the world. Figures released in October 2013 by the National Health Reporting Authority report that a staggering 63 percent of Australians are overweight with 28 percent or 11 million adults falling into the obese category.
Treatments
Sclerotherapy is the art of treating abnormal leg veins by injecting them with a sclerosant (corrosive) agent which causes disruption to the internal lining of the injected vein. The result is fibrosis of the injected vessel and eventual absorption of the vessel by the body.
Every Tuesday from 9am until 12pm there is a leg ulcer clinic run by Dr. Gabrielle McMullin assisted by a nursing colleague.New patients are assessed and a thorough history is taken.