Accuracy of hand-held Doppler in planning the operation for primary varicose veins

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 450-455

  Rautio, T ^a,b   Perala J ^a   Biancari, F ^a   Wiik, H ^a   Ohtonen, P ^a   Haukipuro, K ^a   Juvonen, T ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Duplex ultrasonography; Hand held Doppler; Saphenous; Surgery; Varicose vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HANDHELD DOPPLER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPLITEAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARICOSIS; VEIN STRIPPING; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0036830866     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1734     Document Type: Article

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