Endovenous Laser Treatment of Varicose Veins

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1253-1265

  Gibson, Kathleen D ^a   Ferris, Brian L ^a   Pepper, Daniel ^a  

^a Lake Washington Vascular Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEURALGIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN LIGATION;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 35148840979     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2007.07.017     Document Type: Review

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