Is there recanalization of the great saphenous vein 2 years after endovenous laser treatment?

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 731-738

  Disselhoff, Ben C V M ^a   Der Kinderen, Daan J ^a   Moll, Frans L ^b  

^a Mesos Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endovenous laser treatment; Great saphenous vein; Varicose vein surgery; Venous reflux

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; DICLOFENAC; LIDOCAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OXAZEPAM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DIODE LASER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEDATION; SKIN INDURATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 30744469379     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/05-1627.1     Document Type: Article

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