Surgery of the superficial venous system in elderly patients

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-115

  Weinmann, Eran E ^b   Poluksht, Natan ^b   Chayen, David ^b   Bass, Arie ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0347296096     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440303700205     Document Type: Article

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