Endovascular obliteration of saphenous reflux: A multicenter study

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1190-1196

  Merchant, Robert F ^a,c   DePalma, Ralph G ^a   Kabnick, Lowell S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Vein Center of New Jersey   (United States)

^c Reno Vein Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS REFLUX; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TIME; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036596621     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.124231     Document Type: Article

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