Ultrasound findings after radiofrequency ablation of the great saphenous vein: Descriptive analysis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1166-1173

  Salles Cunha, Sergio X ^a   Comerota, Anthony J ^a   Tzilinis, Argyros ^a   Dosick, Steven M ^a   Gale, Steven S ^a   Seiwert, Andrew J ^a   Jones, Linda ^a   Robbins, Mark ^a  

^a JOBST VASCULAR CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEG; LEG VARICOSIS; LIGATION; LIMB; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCINTISCANNING; THIGH; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 11144270963     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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