Preoperative and intraoperative evaluation of diameter-reflux relationship of calf perforating veins in patients with primary varicose vein

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1225-1230

  Yamamoto, Naoto ^a   Unno, Naoki ^a   Mitsuoka, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Takaaki ^a   Miki, Keita ^a   Ishimaru, Kei ^a   Kaneko, Hiroshi ^b   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsuda Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 0036998105     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.128941     Document Type: Article

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