Audit of introduction of hand-held Doppler and duplex ultrasound in the management of varicose veins

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 494-496

  Pleass, H C C ^a   Holdsworth, J D ^a  

^a WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Duplex ultrasound; Hand held doppler; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0029820123     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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