Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for the treatment of varicose veins

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 969-974

  Darke, S G ^a   Baker, S J A ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN ULCER; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33747051751     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5423     Document Type: Article

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