People with varicose veins should be offered laser or heat treatment, say new guidelines for England and Wales.
SIA, citing BBC News, reports that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says, in most cases, surgery should be a last resort.
Up to one third of adults in the UK develop varicose veins - swollen, unsightly and often painful veins that have stopped working properly.
As well as being less invasive for the patient, laser therapy is cheaper than surgery for the NHS, says NICE.
Some 35,000 varicose veins procedures are carried out in the NHS each year. Switching from surgery to these newer therapies could save the NHS £400,000 a year in England alone, says NICE.
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