Popliteal venous aneurysm: A report on three cases presenting with chronic venous insufficiency without embolic events

Phlebology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 56-59

  Christenson, Jan T ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Popliteal vein aneurysm; Pulmonary embolism; Surgery; Venorrhaphy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LATERAL VENORRHAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN ANEURYSM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TANGENTIAL ANEURYSMECTOMY; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; ANEURYSM; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL VEIN; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL VEIN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 39749109970     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835507780346204     Document Type: Article

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