Comparison of endovenous treatment with an 810 nm laser versus conventional stripping of the great saphenous vein in patients with primary varicose veins

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1685-1694

  De Medeiros, Charles Angotti Furtado ^a,b   Luccas, George Carchedi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 29744467623     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6350.2005.31309     Document Type: Article

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