Cryoperforator surgery: A new treatment of incompetent perforating veins

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-242

  Klem, Taco Marius Adrianus Leonardus ^a   Wittens, Cornelis Hendrikus Anna ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryo; Incompetent; Minimally invasive; Perforating veins; Surgery; Venous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPERFORATOR SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOMPETENT PERFORATING VEIN; LEG VARICOSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN PERFORATION;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 45449110458     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407312655     Document Type: Article

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