Endovenous laser therapy: A new treatment for varicose veins;Endoveneuze lasertherapie: Een nieuwe behandeling van varices

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 960-965

  Van Den Bremer, J ^a   Hedeman Joosten, P Ph A ^a   Moll, F L ^b  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBITIS; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN STRIPPING;

HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LEG; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 34248377306     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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