As hurricane Irma was bearing down on us in early September, we all had to quickly prepare and then make the difficult decision to either ride it out or evacuate. I know from my own experience as well as so many others I have spoken with that each approach had significant drawbacks. For those who…
DetailsMy name is April Stowers and I am a nurse practitioner at Vein Specialists. October is my favorite month because college football is in full swing and I love Halloween! At Vein Specialists, we celebrate October because of spiders and HELPING our patients with spider veins and symptoms of venous insufficiency. What does the appearance…
DetailsFORT MYERS, FL. (June 2017) – Vein Specialists is pleased to announce the expansion of their Fort Myers office with the addition of a new state of the art interventional suite including the Volcano intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). IVUS is the most cutting edge catheter based ultrasound technology which allows precise identification and measurement of pelvic vein…
DetailsWhen Orthopedic and Venous Disease Collide. “Orthovenous” disease you ask? What is that? Is that even a disease or a word? Well…not exactly, but it is a neologism I have created to describe a much more common entity I have encountered in my vein focused practice. Patients with orthopedic disease are of the age group…
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