Surgical correction of main stem reflux in the superficial venous system: Does it improve the blood flow of incompetent perforating veins?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 793-796

  Al Mulhim, Abdulrahman Saleh ^a   El Hoseiny, Hamdoun ^a   Al Mulhim, Faisal Mohammed ^a   Bayameen, Omar ^a   Sami, Mohamad Mahmoud ^a   Abdulaziz, Khalid ^a   Raslan, Mahmoud ^a   Al Shewy, Ali ^a   Al Malt, Majid ^a  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; POPLITEAL VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0042430522     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-6751-z     Document Type: Article

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