Early Experience with Radiofrequency Ablation of the Greater Saphenous Vein

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-47

  Wagner, Willis H ^a,b   Levin, Phillip M ^a,b   Cossman, David V ^a,b   Lauterbach, Stephen R ^a,b   Cohen, J Louis ^a,b   Farber, Alik ^a,b  

^a Cedars Sinai Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN INJURY; THERMAL INJURY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN VALVE;

EID: 1542377594     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0095-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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