Treatment effects of combined radio-frequency current and a 900 nm diode laser on leg blood vessels

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Trelles, Mario A ^a   Martín Vázquez, Manuel ^b   Trelles, Oswaldo R ^b   Mordon, Serge R ^c  

^a Antoni de Gimbernat Foundation   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical current; ELOS; Laser; Leg vein; Radiofrequency; Vascular lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIODE LASER; EDEMA; ELECTROOPTICAL SYNERGY TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG BLOOD VESSEL; LEG VARICOSIS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SKIN COLOR;

ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES; VEINS;

EID: 33645685989     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20280     Document Type: Article

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