Randomized clinical trial of routine preoperative duplex imaging before varicose vein surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 688-694

  Blomgren, L ^a   Johansson, G ^a   Bergqvist, D ^b  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPLITEAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 20844439850     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4983     Document Type: Article

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