Endovenous laser ablation of varicose veins

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-405

  Min, R J ^a,b   Khilnani, N M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Lasers; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURN; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LEG VARICOSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANGIOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 27744477776     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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