Is the nihilistic approach to surgical reduction of superficial and perforator vein incompetence for venous ulcer justified?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1167-1174

  Iafrati, Mark D ^a   Pare, Gary J ^a   O'Donnell, Thomas F ^a   Estes, James ^a   Illig, Karl A ^b   Sullivan, Theodore R ^b   Hirsch, Stanley A ^b   Padberg, Frank T ^b   Elias, Steve ^b   Jarrett, Fredric ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULCER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037000652     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.129642     Document Type: Article

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