Comparative pilot study evaluating the treatment of leg veins with a long pulse Nd:YAG laser and sclerotherapy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 154-159

  Coles, Charlotte M ^a   Werner, Richard S ^a   Zelickson, Brian D ^a  

^a ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

1064 nm; Contact cooling; Laser; Leg veins; Long pulsed Nd:YAG

Indexed keywords

TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LEG VARICOSIS; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SCAR; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE; TELANGIECTASIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036180473     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10028     Document Type: Article

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