A 2 years follow-up study of endovenous 980 nm laser treatment of the great saphenous vein: Role of the blood content in the GSV

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Desmyttère, Jacques ^a   Grard, Christophe ^a   Mordon, Serge ^b  

^a SEL Angeio Phlebo Interventionnelle   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Blood; Endovenous laser; Great saphenous vein; Trendelenburg's position

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ENDOVENOUS LASER; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEINS; LASER TREATMENT; TRENDELECBURG'S POSITION;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG VARICOSIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 27944502897     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mla.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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