Patient: Description of condition (time of onset, main symptoms, hospital visited, etc.).
Patient female, 62 years old, in September 8 in this hospital to do bilateral lower limb varicose veins surgery, the current post-operative symptoms exist discomfort, mainly in the patient’s feet pain, the left foot wrist outside, the right foot from the first three toes to the back of the foot, a feeling of pain by burning, slightly gently touch are very painful
There is no treatment yet. Please tell Dr. Ju how to improve this symptom and the cause of this symptom. Beijing Dongzhimen Hospital, Department of Peripheral Vascular, Ju Shang: Burning sensation or other abnormal sensation in the skin of lower leg and dorsal foot is a common phenomenon after saphenous vein surgery, the incidence is about 40%, that is to say, for every 10 people who have surgery, 4 people will have this phenomenon. The reason is that in the middle part of the calf, the saphenous vein and the saphenous nerve are very close to each other, and due to anatomical abnormalities, some people have these two close to each other, and during the laser treatment in the blood vessel, the radiated heat will burn the neighboring saphenous nerve and cause postoperative discomfort. There is no need to worry about this situation because: (1) the saphenous nerve is not an important nerve and is only responsible for the superficial sensation in the above mentioned area and will not affect the function of the lower limbs. (2) Laser treatment is different from traditional surgery, no nerve is cut, only burned, the function of this nerve can still be recovered, the recovery time varies from person to person, most people can completely disappear the symptoms within 2 weeks, the longest can be up to six months, but finally are all able to recover. (3) After the surgery, you can take Micropo to nourish the nerve for a period of time, but I recommend to try acupuncture treatment. I wish you a speedy recovery and follow up on your discomfort.