Endovenous Laser Surgery of the Incompetent Greater Saphenous Vein With a 980-nm Diode Laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1135-1140

  Oh, Chang Keun ^a   Jung, Do Sang ^a   Jang, Ho Sun ^a   Kwon, Kyung Sool ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN INDURATION; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0242626143     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29353.x     Document Type: Article

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