Combined endovascular laser with ambulatory phlebectomy for the treatment of superficial venous incompetence: A 2-year perspective

Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-49

  Sadick, Neil S ^a,c   Wasser, Samuel ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular; Laser; Legs; Varicose; Veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; LEG CRAMP; LEG EDEMA; LEG VEIN; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS NERVE; TELANGIECTASIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 2442706475     PISSN: 14764172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14764170410029040     Document Type: Review

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