Surgical options for the treatment of venous ulcers

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-202

  Welch, Harold J ^a,b,c  

^a Lahey Clinic ^*

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VALVULOPLASTY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN VALVE; VENOUS REFLUX;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 2942560662     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440403800301     Document Type: Review

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