Endovenous laser closure of the perforating vein of the leg

Phlebology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-82

  Uchino, I J ^a  

^a Center for Vein Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovenous laser treatment; Perforating veins of the leg

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION GARMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG VEIN; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); POSTERIOR TIBIAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THIGH; VARICOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX; LEG; METHODOLOGY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LEG; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 35148813218     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835507780346213     Document Type: Article

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