Long pulse Nd:YAG laser for treatment of leg veins in 40 patients with assessments at 6 and 12 months

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-76

  Trelles, Mario A ^a,d   Allones, I ^a   Martin Vazquez M J ^b   Trelles, O ^b   Velez M ^a   Mordon, S ^c  

^a Instituto Medico Vilafortuny   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Antoni de Gimbernat Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collateral thermal damage; Leg veins; Long pulsed Nd:YAG; Synchronized pulses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG VARICOSIS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELANGIECTASIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043111251     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20038     Document Type: Article

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