Single-center experience with foam sclerotherapy without ultrasound guidance for treatment of varicose veins

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1334-1339

  Uurto, Ilkka ^a,b   Hannukainen, Jorma ^a   Aarnio, Pertti ^a  

^a SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSIS; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY;

AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 35449003268     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33285.x     Document Type: Article

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