True Long-term Healing and Recurrence of Venous Leg Ulcers Following SEPS Combined with Superficial Venous Surgery: A Prospective Study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 605-612

  Nelzen O ^a   Fransson, I ^a  

^a SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Leg ulcer; Leg ulcer healing; Leg ulcer recurrence; Minimal invasive surgery; Perforator surgery; Prospective study; SEPS; Superficial venous surgery; Venous ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE STUDY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORATOR FLAP; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVOR; ULCER HEALING; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY; VENOUS REFLUX; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34848902632     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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