Endovenous laser treatment of the small saphenous vein with a 980-nm diode laser: Early results

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-524

  Park, Seung Joon ^a   Yim, Su Bin ^a   Cha, Dae Won ^a   Kim, Sung Chul ^a   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a  

^a Samsung Vein Surgery Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIODE LASER; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN BRUISING; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX; ECHOGRAPHY; NOTE; PHLEBECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 41149102546     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34097.x     Document Type: Article

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