The doctor - very personal

Edgar Raschenberger, MD

born on 2.8.1957 in Innsbruck
Specialist in general surgery and vascular surgery
Austrian Diploma in Sports Medicine

Training & experience

• Studied medicine and sports science in Innsbruck, doctorate in 1984
• Training as a specialist in surgery at Schwaz Hospital and Innsbruck University Hospital 1992
• Training as a specialist in vascular surgery at the University Clinic for Vascular Surgery Innsbruck 1996
• Deputy Chief Air Ambulance Doctor Christophorus 1, Innsbruck 1992-2003
• Private practice in Innsbruck since 1996
• Nutritional counseling since 1996, foundation of the European Network for Optimal Health (^ENOH®) 2007
• Author, 3 books on nutrition and exercise, Diät macht dick (Diet makes you fat) bestseller in Austria 2001
• Founded the ENOH Health Center Innsbruck together with his daughter Julia in 2013

Focus: Treatment of varicose veins and spider veins

What I value:
Sensitivity and intuition – something men can still learn.

My goal:
To help as many people as possible achieve the success they desire.

My motto:
Health starts in the mind – if you want to be healthy, you have to address your thinking!

My personal guiding principle:
The body always follows the mind (Shaolin)

Are you interested in why I focus my vascular surgery on varicose veins and spider veins?

The reason is obvious if you look back a few decades into the history of varicose vein medicine. In the past, it was not known how varicose veins could be successfully and completely cured without leaving serious marks. This problem changed when surgery recognized minimally invasive approaches ("buttonhole or keyhole surgery") as less vulnerable, less prone to complications and associated with shorter rehabilitation times. Vascular surgeons had their first major successes in the 1980s, when ugly varicose veins could only be removed via so-called stab incisions (2-3 mm long stab incisions) in the skin. At the time, I was asked by staff at Innsbruck University Hospital "whether I could treat your legs in such a way that you couldn't see anything at all?" I was surprised at the time because nobody really thought about it. It was the beginning of my revolutionary search for the perfect result.

For decades, surgery and sclerotherapy (adhesion) of varicose veins have been known to be effective methods of treating larger or smaller varicose veins. And even my teachers used sclerotherapy for smaller varicose veins (spider veins). At some point, I had the idea that varicose veins could only be gone if they were removed completely - that's obvious. However, in vascular surgery we have never aimed for flawless results. It then occurred to me that I simply had to follow up the operation with sclerotherapy as often as necessary until I was free of varicose veins. If you understand the development of varicose veins technically, there is also a clear answer as to why early rather than late action relieves the patient of their problem (see dentistry). This brought me full circle. Today I can look back on hundreds of patients, old and young, male and female, who once had varicose veins.

Would you like to know more about me and my philosophy?

You are welcome to read my curriculum vitae in: My eventful life