Optimal therapy for advanced chronic venous insufficiency

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 545-551

  Tawes, Roy L ^a,f   Barron, Miguel L ^b   Coello, Abilio A ^c   Joyce, Douglas H ^d   Kolvenbach, Ralf ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Wound Care Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Cardiovascular Surgery   (United States)

^e Augusta Hospital   (Germany)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG ULCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SKIN DISEASE; ULCER HEALING; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN VALVE; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 0037347364     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.131     Document Type: Article

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