Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian, a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon appeared on The Doctors TV Show again on 1-30-2013 where he revised a face lift for a patient who also had issues with her ear lobes.
Watch the episode on The Doctors TV Show featuring Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian of www.KareMD.com and www.Surgery90210.com
CEAP CLASSIFICATION OF VEIN DISEASE:
CEAP Classification System:
How do physicians and vein experts know how bad your varicose vein problems are? The most straightforward and practical way is to scale your symptoms and problems on the CEAP chart in order to determine how unhealthy your veins are. The CEAP chart was designed to provide an objective assessment tool for varicose veins and venous disease.
C: CLINICAL, E: ETIOLOGY, A: ANATOMY and P: PHYSIOLOGY
| C0 |
no signs of vein disease |
| C1 |
telangiectasias, spider veins, reticular veins, thread veins |
| C2 |
bulging varicose veins |
| C3 |
edema and leg swelling as a result of vein disease |
| C4 |
changes in the skin as a result of venous insufficiency |
| C5 |
healed venous ulcer |
| C6 |
active venous ulcer
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