Mid Term Results of Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy for Complicated and Uncomplicated Varicose Veins

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-113

  O'Hare, J L ^a   Parkin, D ^a   Vandenbroeck, C P ^b   Earnshaw, J J ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Duplex; Foam sclerotherapy; Outcomes; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 45749092127     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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