Strip-track revascularization after stripping of the great saphenous vein

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 840-843

  Munasinghe, A ^a   Smith, C ^a   Kianifard, B ^b   Price, B A ^b   Holdstock, J M ^b   Whiteley, M S ^b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Whiteley Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN STRIPPING; VENOUS REFLUX;

FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPERFUSION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 34447335131     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5598     Document Type: Article

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