Reduced recanalization rates of the great saphenous vein after endovenous laser treatment with increased energy dosing: Definition of a threshold for the endovenous fluence equivalent

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 834-839

  Proebstle, Thomas Michael ^a   Moehler, Thomas ^b   Herdemann, Sylvia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33748956910     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.05.052     Document Type: Article

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