Sclerotherapy: A truly minimally invasive technique

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-72

  Bergan, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foam sclerotherapy; Sclerosants; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FOAM; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIGRAINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SKIN NECROSIS; THORAX PAIN; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 48549097402     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: 15310027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003507313216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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