The use of routine duplex scanning in the assessment of varicose veins

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Wills, Vanessa ^a,c   Moylan, Dawn ^b   Chambers, Jennifer ^a  

^a PORT MACQUARIE BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Port Macquarie Medical Imaging   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler; Duplex scanning; Recurrent varicose veins; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUPLEX SCANNING; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031962221     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04635.x     Document Type: Article

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