Endovenous 980-nm laser treatment of saphenous veins in a series of 500 patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1242-1247

  Desmyttère, Jacques ^a   Grard, Christophe ^a   Wassmer, Benjamin ^b   Mordon, Serge ^c  

^a SEL Angeio Phlebo Interventionnelle   (France)

^b Osyris SA   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 37249070352     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.08.028     Document Type: Article

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