The newest technique for varicose vein treatment is endovenous laser. In this procedure, a small laser fiber is inserted into the abnormal vein and the inside of the vein wall is heated with laser energy.

After the vein shrinks down, it closes off. Vein Specialists of Northern California is one of the very few offices in which this new treatment is available Interventional radiology is a medical specialty that has been called "The Surgery of the 21st Century." Just like other medical specialists interventional radiologists are doctors who have many years of special training after medical school. This training includes radiation safety as well as the use of X-rays and other imaging techniques (radiology) that "see" inside the body without surgery. These physicians also undergo extensive training in techniques that treat diseases percutaneously (through the skin).

Using radiologic images to guide their procedures, interventional radiologists insert thin tubes (catheters) and other tiny instruments through the blood vessels and other pathways of the body to treat a wide variety of conditions that once required surgery.