Combined endovenous laser treatment and ambulatory phlebectomy for the treatment of saphenous vein incompetence

Phlebology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 172-177

  Jung, In Mok ^a   Imin, S ^b   Heo, S C ^a   Ahn, Y J ^a   Hwang, K T ^a   Chung, J K ^a  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ambulatory phlebectomy; Endovenous laser treatment; Varicose vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBECTOMY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN INCOMPETENCE; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS REFLUX; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 52649159808     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2008.008002     Document Type: Article

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