Comparative outcomes of radiofrequency endoluminal ablation, invagination stripping, and cryostripping in the treatment of great saphenous vein insufficiency

Phlebology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 60-64

  Stotter L ^a   Schaaf, I ^a   Bockelbrink, A ^b  

^a Chirurgische Praxisklinik   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryostripping; Great saphenous vein; Invagination stripping; Radiofrequency endoluminal ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN STRIPPING;

EID: 33646801244     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 02683555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835506777304692     Document Type: Article

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