Quality of life of patients suffering from leg ulcers after vein surgery;Lebensqualität von patienten mit ulcus cruris venosum nach funktioneller phlebochirurgie

Phlebologie

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 68-73

  Obermayer, Alfred ^a,c   Gostl K ^a   Benesch, T ^b  

^a Institut fur Funktionelle Phlebochirurgie   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Karl Landsteiner Gesellschaft   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mixed leg ulcer; Quality of life; Surgical therapy; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 34248225877     PISSN: 0939978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1622168     Document Type: Article

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