Transcatheter foam sclerotherapy of symptomatic female varicocele with sodium-tetradecyl-sulfate foam

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 778-784

  Gandini, Roberto ^a   Chiocchi, Marcello ^a   Konda, Daniel ^a   Pampana, Enrico ^a   Fabiano, Sebastiano ^a   Simonetti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Menstrual pain; Pelvic congestion syndrome; Sclerotherapy; Varicocele; Venous reflux

Indexed keywords

TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; OVARY DISEASE; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN CONGESTION SYNDROME; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY URGENCY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 49549094507     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9264-6     Document Type: Article

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