Transilluminated powered phlebectomy. Mid-term clinical experience

International Angiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-79

  Scavée, Vincent ^a   Lemaire, E ^a   Haxhe, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Phlebectomy; Trivex; Varicose veins; Vein, surgery; Venous disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECCHYMOSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PARITY; PHLEBECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STANDING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN PERFORATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSILLUMINATION; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33144466635     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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