Endovenous laser therapy and radiofrequency ablation of the great saphenous vein: Analysis of early efficacy and complications

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 488-493

  Puggioni, Alessandra ^a   Kalra, Manju ^a   Carmo, Michele ^a   Mozes, Geza ^a   Gloviczki, Peter ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIMB; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHLEBECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LEG; LEG ULCER; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 24944513860     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.014     Document Type: Article

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