It is not normal, but it can happen. It usually means a nerve was traumatized during the procedure. Often, sensation returns after several months but occasionally can be permanent.
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This can be a temporary, minor disturbance related to the tumescent anesthesia, depending on what procedure was performed.
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Not usually. However, without the information of what procedure and treatment you had, I can't provide any more information. You should be further evaluated.
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ANY TIME you have an incision, something removed or something injected into your skin there is a chance of nerve involvement. We can't see the nerves and can only estimate where they are, based on the average person's anatomy. Most numbness is only temporary, but can take up to a year to completely resolve.
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You should ask the doctor who did your procedure.
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It depends on if there was a nerve lying near the vein. Typically, nerves lie near the artery, not the vein. However, because of the size and location of varicose veins some nerves may be affected. You should be evaluated by the physician who did the removal to see if your exam is consistent with a complication from removal of your varicose vein.
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Surgery for varicose veins is rapidly becoming extinct because newer methods for ablation have less complications and work better. One disadvantage of surgery is neuropathy. It is difficult to remove veins
without cutting nearby sensory nerves which can leave part of the leg numb. This was a relatively small price to pay in the old days, but not anymore.
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Not normal, but occasionally a superfiial nerve can be affected. See your MD for a check.
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It is not normal, but maybe you had peripheral neuropathy before and now is when you are noticing the numbness. Another reason could be if it was a small saphenous vein ablation, the sural nerve could be injure and that causes numbness in the lateral aspect of the foot.
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No, but it might be from your support hose or bandages. You might also have some temporary nerve damage if the veins were removed surgically. Check with your vein doctor to see which it is.
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I don't know about normal, but it is a potential outcome after laser ablation or stripping. The probability of nerve involvement increases in direct proportion to the length of the vein treated, becoming much more likely if treatment extends below the calf.
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It may be normal for several days to two weeks, but longer than that and there should be reassessment by your treating physician.
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If the treatment with laser or radio-frequency began below the knee, it is possible for a nerve to be injured. This can be temporary, and the feeling may gradually return, but can be permanent in some patients.
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I would say that it is not normal but can occur at times. I would recommend discussing with the physician that performed your procedures.
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This is unusual and you should follow up with your treating physician.
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It is not normal to lose feeling in the bottom of your leg following removal of varicose veins. However, small veins in the treated areas can be damaged by the procedure resulting in what you describe. This is a well known and accepted complication of vein procedures and symptoms usually improve over about one year. Occasionally, however, the symptoms can be permanent.
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There is a small risk of developing a localized feeling of numbness if the saphenous nerve gets traumatized during varicose vein surgery. If there is an equal loss of sensation to your lower legs (usually part of the ankle), this is a peripheral neuropathy and should be further evaluated. It is not related to varicose vein surgery, and most likely coincidental.
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When those veins were removed, it is possible that some superficial nerve endings were irritated or cut, but generally speaking, feeling should return to that portion of your body. Usually the numb areas are close to the incision sites. The farther down the incision sites are on the leg, the greater the chance of nerve irritation. I would recommend that you schedule a follow up appointment with your doctor.
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Although this in unusual, you potenially could lose feeling in the lower leg after vein stripping or phlebectomy as a result of nerve damage or neuropathy after the procedure. This often improves over time as the nerves heal.
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Is it normal to lose feeling in the legs after varicose vein removal.. No. Can it happen..Yes. Because your veins run everywhere throughout your body, it is safe to say that they run in conjunction with your nerves as well. That being said, when a person has vein treatments ( especially vein stripping procedures or endovenous laser ablation treatments), the physician can irritate and potentially damage or cut some of the adjacent nerves next to the vessels being treated. The incidence of nerve injury appears to happen more so in the regions below the knees especially when treating the great saphenous or small saphenous veins. There is a saphenous nerve and a sureal nerve that run in the area around your ankles that can be injured during treatment of these veins. So if you are having numbness in the bottom of your leg and had those vessels treated, it is possible that this is what happened.
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