Chronic venous insufficiency due to great saphenous vein incompetence treated with radiofrequency ablation: An effective and safe procedure in the elderly

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-345

  Tzilinis, Argyrios ^a,b   Salles Cunha, Sergio X ^a,b   Dosick, Steven M ^a,b   Gale, Steven S ^a,b   Seiwert, Andrew J ^a,b   Comerota, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a Jobst Vascular Center ^*

^b JOBST VASCULAR CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEG EDEMA; LEG ULCER; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 23044436176     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900406     Document Type: Article

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