The endovenous laser therapy of varicose veins - Substantial innovation or expensive playing?;Die endovenöse lasertherapie der varicosis - Echte innovation oder teure spielerei?

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Lahl, W ^a   Hofmann, B ^a   Jelonek, M ^a   Nagel, T ^a  

^a St Willehad Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endovenous laser treatment; Laser energy; Perivenous temperature; Vricose veins

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; COLD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERFUSION; RECURRENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33644644697     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-921389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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