Treatment of the incompetent great saphenous vein by endovenous radiofrequency powered segmental thermal ablation: First clinical experience

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Proebstle, Thomas Michael ^a   Vago, Bernadette ^a   Alm, Jens ^b   Göckeritz, Oliver ^c   Lebard, Christian ^d   Pichot, Olivier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Dermatologikum   (Germany)

^c Venenzentrum am Elsterpark   (Germany)

^d Hopital Saint Michel   (France)

^e GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEVICE; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVENOUS THERMAL ABLATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEATING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG EDEMA; LIMB PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY SEGMENTAL THERMAL ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 37549042074     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.08.056     Document Type: Article

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