Updated laser approaches to the management of cosmetic leg veins

Phlebology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 54-64

  Sadick, Neil S ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Sadick Aesthetic Surgery and Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Flare veins; Laser; Laser sclerotherapy; Veins

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; COPPER; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; TITANIUM;

DEVICE; DIODE LASER; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG VARICOSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SELECTION; PHLEBOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN WALL;

EID: 0037774547     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835503321895343     Document Type: Review

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