Can interposition of a silicone implant after sapheno-femoral ligation prevent recurrent varicose veins?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 445-449

  De Maeseneer, M G ^a   Giuliani, D R ^a   Van Schil, P E ^a   De Hert, S G ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Containment technique; Duplex ultrasonography; Neovascularisation; Recurrent varicose veins; Sapheno femoral junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SILICONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0036831250     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1685     Document Type: Article

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