Endovenous treatment of the great saphenous vein using a 1,320 nm Nd:YAG laser causes fewer side effects than using a 940 nm diode laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1678-1684

  Proebstle, Thomas M ^a   Moehler, Thomas ^b   Gül, Doendue ^b   Herdemann, Sylvia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DALTEPARIN; DICLOFENAC; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ECCHYMOSIS; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 29744447891     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6350.2005.31308     Document Type: Article

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