Endovenous and Surgical Extirpation of Lower-Extremity Varicose Veins

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-53

  Bush, Ruth L ^a   Ramone Maxwell, Constanza ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG VARICOSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ANGIOSCOPY; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 40649116432     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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