[Chronic venous insufficiency--from pathophysiology to therapy. 2: Sclerotherapy of varicose veins].

For the elimination of chronic ambulatory venous hypertension, sclerotherapy and surgical measures are employed in addition to compression treatment. These various measures should always be used in combination with each other. In the present article, one of a series, indications, contraindications and the practicalities of sclerotherapy are discussed in detail.