Ultrasound-guided percutaneous coil embolization of incompetent perforating veins: Not effective for treatment of venous ulcers and recurrent varicosities

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1271-1274

  Van Dijk, Lukas C ^a   Wittens, Cees H A ^b   Toonder, Irwin M ^b   Laméris, Johan S ^a   Du Bois, Nico A J J ^a   Pattynama, Peter M T ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Perforating veins; Veins, embolization; Veins, extremities; Veins, ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LEG ULCER; LEG VARICOSIS; LEG VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032862169     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(99)70230-7     Document Type: Article

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