Endovenous laser ablation of the great saphenous vein with a 980-nm diode laser in continuous mode: Early treatment failures and successful repeat treatments

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1449-1455

  Kim, Hyun S ^a   Paxton, Ben E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DISEASE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33748779813     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000235744.90929.D5     Document Type: Article

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