New approaches for the treatment of varicose veins

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1397-1417

  Teruya, Theodore H ^a   Ballard, Jeffrey L ^b,c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Suite 850 ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG VARICOSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE INJURY; OBESITY; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECANALIZATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN INCISION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THIGH; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VEIN VALVE; VENOUS REFLUX;

HUMANS; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 4544375615     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2004.04.008     Document Type: Review

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