Inadvertent arterial injury secondary to treatment of venous insufficiency

Vascular

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-52

  Nitecki, Samy S ^a,b   Bass, Arie ^b,c  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Multidisciplinary Medical Center   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arterial injury; Stripping and ligation of the saphenous vein; Ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL ERROR; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34249089571     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2007.00009     Document Type: Article

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