The utility of the venous clinical severity score in 682 limbs treated by radiofrequency saphenous vein ablation

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Vasquez, Michael A ^a   Wang, Jiping ^a,b   Mahathanaruk, Marchyan ^c   Buczkowski, Glenn ^d   Sprehe, Esther ^b   Dosluoglu, Hasan H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DAEMEN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e VA Western NY Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 34247344966     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.12.061     Document Type: Article

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