Ask The Doctor: Pulmonary, Internal Medicine, Rheumatology

[robert80taylor]

“Unnecessary risks are being taken by patients seeking the liberation treatment.” says Dr. Avneesh Gupte of the CCSVI Clinic. “It has been our contention since we started doing minimally invasive venous angioplasties nearly 6 years ago that discharging patients who have had neck vein surgery on an outpatient basis is contra-indicated. For more information Log on to ccsviclinic.ca OR Call on Toll Free: 888-419-6855.

[robert80taylor]

We have been keeping patients hospitalized for a week to 10 days as a matter of safety and monitoring them for symptoms. Nobody who has the liberation therapy gets discharged earlier than that. During that time we do daily Doppler Ultrasounds, blood work and blood pressure monitoring among other testing. For more information Log on to ccsviclinic.ca OR Call on Toll Free: 888-419-6855.

[robert80taylor]

This has been the safe practice standard that we have adopted and this post-procedure monitoring over 10 days is the subject of our recent study as it relates to CCSVI for MS patients.” For more information Log on to ccsviclinic.ca OR Call on Toll Free: 888-419-6855.