Lower energy endovenous laser ablation of the great saphenous vein with 980 nm diode laser in continuous mode

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-69

  Kim, Hyun S ^a   Nwankwo, Ikechi J ^a   Hong, Kelvin ^a   McElgunn, Patrick S J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode laser; Great saphenous vein; Laser ablation, endovenous; Valvular incompetence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIODE LASER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 31344452689     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0317-9     Document Type: Article

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