Subfascial endoscopic perforator vein surgery combined with saphenous vein ablation: Results and critical analysis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-71

  Bianchi, Christian ^a,b   Ballard, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Abou Zamzam, Ahmed M ^a,b   Teruya, Theodore H ^a,b  

^a Loma Linda University Medical Center ^*

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SUBFASCIAL ENDOSCOPIC PERFORATOR VEIN SURGERY; ULCER HEALING; VARICOSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY; VENOUS REFLUX; ENDOSCOPY; LEG; LEG ULCER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038108857     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00472-5     Document Type: Article

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