Endovenous laser treatment to promote venous occlusion

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Parente, Eric J ^a   Rosenblatt, Melvin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Connecticut Image Guided Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuser fiber; Radial; Varicosity; Vein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY; EVALUATION; GOAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURFACE TENSION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; GOATS; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0141595172     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10200     Document Type: Article

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