Transilluminated powered phlebectomy accomplished by local tumescent anaesthesia in the treatment of tributary varicose veins: Preliminary clinical results

Phlebology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 90-94

  De Zeeuw, R ^a   Wittens, C ^b   Loots, M ^c   Neumann, M ^c  

^a Phlebology   (Netherlands)

^b Vascular Surgery   (Netherlands)

^c Dermatology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Surgery; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCISION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN INDURATION; SYMPTOM; THIGH HEMATOMA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TRANSILLUMINATED POWERED PHLEBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIBUTARY VARICOSE VEIN; TUMESCENT LOCAL ANESTHESIA; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; TIME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSILLUMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 36749032586     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835507780346141     Document Type: Article

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