Doppler Examination vs Clinical and Phlebographic Detection of the Location of Incompetent Perforating Veins: A Prospective Study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 31-35

  O'donnell, Thomas F ^a,b   Burnand, Kevin G ^a   Clemenson, Gilliam ^a   Thomas, Michael Lea ^a   Browse, Norman L ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHLEBOGRAPHY; SKIN ULCER; VEIN DISEASE;

HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0017572987     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1977.01370010033006     Document Type: Article

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