Quantitative measurements of venous reflux by duplex scanning of the incompetent long saphenous vein before and after high ligation at the saphenofemoral junction

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 861-864

  De Haan, Reinder J ^a   Legemate, Dink A ^a   Van Gurp, Johan M ^a   Leeuwenberg, Anton ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Failure; Noninvasive investigation; Surgery; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS REFLUX;

FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032886005     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024159950189366     Document Type: Article

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