Treatment of superficial and perforator venous incompetence without deep venous insufficiency: Is routine perforator ligation necessary?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 891-895

  Mendes, Robert R ^b   Marston, William A ^a   Farber, Mark A ^b   Keagy, Blair A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATING VEIN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHLEBECTOMY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

EID: 0242408369     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00933-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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