New approaches for the treatment of superficial venous reflux and symptomatic varicose veins

Vascular Disease Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Ballard, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY; ENDOVENOUS RADIOFREQUENCY OBLITERATION; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEATING; HUMAN; LASER; LEG VEIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 33645808052     PISSN: 15538036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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