Ultrasound-guided injection of polidocanol microfoam in the management of venous leg ulcers

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 667-673

  Cabrera, Juan ^a   Redondo, Pedro ^b,c   Becerra, Antonio ^a   Garrido, Celia ^a   Cabrera Jr , Juan ^a   García Olmedo, María Antonia ^a   Sierra, Alejandro ^b   Lloret, Pedro ^b   Martínez González, Miguel A ^b  

^a Vascular Surgery Clinic   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCER HEALING; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 2942519297     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.6.667     Document Type: Article

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