Morbidity in superficial thrombophlebitis and its potential surgical prevention

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-17

  Rohrbach, N ^a   Mouton, W G ^a,b   Naef, M ^a   Otten, K T ^a   Zehnder, T ^a   Wagner, H E ^a  

^a Regionalspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Department of Surgery   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascending thrombophlebitis; High ligation; Morbidity; Venous thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PELVIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037276596     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1023-9332.9.1.15     Document Type: Article

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