Clinicians have told us that there are many procedures where avoiding a vein is an important goal. By avoiding veins, bleeding and bruising can be prevented during procedures.
We received an email from a surgeon in France who has posted a video of his use of AccuVein to avoid veins in abdominal surgery. Please note that the video is fairly graphic toward the end.
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In the video, the surgeon uses the AccuVein device to map out the vein position with a marker. After the vein positions are mapped, he turns off the device and uses the marked vein pattern to select the incision site.