In general the style of varicose and spider veins that physicians in the US
see staunchly differ from that of some second and third world countries
where patients lack the awareness and treatments we have readily
accessible. Dr. Garth Rosenberg took his vascular surgery expertise
overseas to Honduras where he donated tools, taught techniques and gave
treatments to many people plagued with some of the worst cases of venous
disease.
Dr. Rosenberg said to the Frederick News, "Working through the
Wisconsin-based Hackett-Hemwall Foundation, Rosenberg and 23 other vascular
surgeons provided free treatment of varicose veins to 1,500 Hondurans at
three sites. Rosenberg was stationed in Tela, a town on the country's
northern coast. The varicose veins Rosenberg treated in Honduras are not the
cosmetic spider veins some may think of, he said."These are severe,
end-stage venous diseases that need significant attention," he said."
Rosenberg an his colleagues did not implement the same treatments we use in
the US, rather they used injections to compress the veins inciting the body
to redirect blood flow. Although Rosenberg said he is proud of the
awareness and treatment he spread in Honduras, he said he hopes to bring
more, because currently such treatments take weeks of recovery with
compression socks and also he only visits once a year.
