Baltic Vein Clinic

Baltic Vein Clinic is a part of Health Centre 4, and it is the largest and most experienced medical facility in Latvia and the Baltic States which offers comprehensive vein diagnostics and treatment. We use all modern vein treatment methods and their combinations to achieve the best results.

Customers highly appreciate our work since 1999: statistics about performed surgeries – 1500-1800 vein surgeries during one year, and other manipulations confirm steady professional authority and patients' loyalty indicators.

Baltic Vein Clinic constantly updates its technological equipment – ultrasound devices, lasers and radiofrequency devices, thus ensuring conformity of the clinic equipment to the highest international standards.

The personnel of the Baltic Vein Clinic consist of highly qualified, experienced phlebologists and vascular surgeons, and professional nurses and surgical nurses.
Our phlebologists regularly participate in: advanced trainings, congresses, scientific studies, organise international sample surgeries in our operating theatres.

Vein diagnostics:

• Extensive, precise Duplex ultrasonography of blood vessels, using the most advanced USD equipment: General Electric Logiq E9, General Electric Venue 40, Esaote My Lab 70 XVG, Toshiba Aplio MX, Toshiba Aplio XG, PHILIPS Sparq, PHILIPS IU 22
• Pre-operative marking of veins (mapping), using duplex sonography.
• Performing angiography using multi-layer computer tomography - 3D image reconstruction.
• Time of flight MR Venography;
• Other laboratory, visual and functional diagnostic methods.

Vein treatment:

• Endoluminal laser vein surgery (endoluminal thermocoagulation) – EVLT (Biolitec Cerales 1470 Nm diodes laser, Biolitec Cerales 980 Nm, Dornier Medtech Medilas D980 Nm diodes laser);
• Endoluminal steam vein surgery (endoluminal thermocoagulation)  - brand new technologie steam veins sclerosis by CERMA vein sclerosis system by means of steam;
• Endoluminal radiofrequency vein surgery (obliteration) – RFO (VNUS Medical Technologies 6301 Premier radiofrequency unit);
• Surgery using Bio Glue - this is not thermal or chemical ablation method. A vein is glued up from the inside using special bioglue.(Venaseal Sapheon Closure system).
• Classic vein surgery;
• Vein surgery according to Varady method (miniphlebectomy) with minimal, 1-2mm long skin incisions

Treatment of cosmetic defects:

• Conservative therapy (compressions, medicamnt therapy);
• Schlerotherapy (liquid techniques, foam techniques, foam technique under ultrasonography control), using halogen light equipment  Veinlite transilluminator  to ensure better accuracy;
• Transcutaneous lasertherapy – closing of the tiniest blood capillaries on the face, legs and transcutaneous closing of small veins with  intense pulsed light (IPL) or laser (lasers of Lumenis Nd/Yag, Wavelight  MAYDON Nd/Yag, Biolitec 980 Nm diodes, lasers of Dornier 980 Nm diodes, Wavelight  KTP lasers, Lumenis Quantum SR IPL equipment);
• Thermocoagulation – revolutionary method for fighting blood vessel netting, teleangiectasy and rosacea. Use of thermocoagulation results in immediate disappearance of unwanted blood vessels on legs, face and other body parts (TC 3000)
• Removal of skin pigmentation caused by poor veins (Wavelight Sinon, Q-Swich laser).

Rehabilitation

Baltic Vein clinic is ISO certificate in accordance with the ISO standard 9001:2008, and the clinic has contracts with 5 foreign health insurance companies.