Role of descending venography and endovenous embolization in treatment of females with lower extremity varicose veins, vulvar and posterior thigh varices

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-212

  Ashour, Majed A ^a   Soliman, Hisham E T ^a   Khougeer, Ghaith A ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIAN VEIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR THIGH VARICOSIS; PREVALENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SYMPTOM; VARICOSIS; VULVAR VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VULVA;

EID: 34147144753     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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