Optimising a varicose vein service to reduce recurrence

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-454

  Turton, E P L ^a   McKenzie, S ^a   Weston, M J ^a   Berridge, D C ^a   Scott, D J A ^a  

^a St Jame's and Seacroft University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duplex ultrasound; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030717170     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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