Deep venous valve reconstruction for non-healing leg ulcers: Techniques and results

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 34-39

  Tripathi, Ramesh ^a,b   Sieunarine, Kishore ^a   Abbas, Manzoor ^b   Durrani, Nazish ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Deep vein valvular reflux; Leg ulceration; Valvuloplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; AXILLOFEMORAL ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPLITEAL VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN VALVE RECONSTRUCTION; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LEG; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 1342280453     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-1433.2003.02703.x     Document Type: Article

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