Effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for recurrent varicose veins: Immediate results

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-364

  Kakkos, Stavros K ^a   Bountouroglou, Dimitrios G ^a   Azzam, Mustafa ^a   Kalodiki, Evi ^a   Daskalopoulos, Marios ^a   Geroulakos, George ^a,b  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great saphenous vein; Reflux; Saphenofemoral junction; Sclerotherapy; Superficial thrombophlebitis; Ultrasound; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

FIBROVEIN; SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS REFLUX;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33751188520     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/05-1781.1     Document Type: Article

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