Saphenofemoral ligation as a safe and effective alternative for the treatment of chronic venous leg ulcer

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-176

  El Hafez, Emad A ^a   Seleem, Mohamed I ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b King Faisal Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALING; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG EDEMA; LEG SWELLING; LEG ULCER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAUDI ARABIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; WALKING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1442326789     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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