The profile of leg symptoms, clinical disability and reflux in legs with previously operated varicose disease

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-55

  Saarinen, Jukka ^a,b   Suominen, V ^a   Heikkinen, M ^a   Saaristo, R ^a   Zeitlin, R ^a   Vainio, J ^b   Nordback, I ^a   Salenius, J P ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Hatanpää Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Duplex imaging; Recurrence; Varicose veins; Venous reflux; Venous surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRURITUS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 17144401126     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690509400113     Document Type: Article

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