Combined endovenous laser therapy and microphlebectomy in the treatment of varicose veins: Efficacy and complications of a large single-center experience

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 947-952

  Fernández, Carlos F ^a   Roizental, Moisés ^a   Carvallo, Josefina ^a  

^a Policlinica Metropolitana   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BODY MASS; CELLULITIS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIODE LASER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENT; ULCER HEALING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VARICOSIS; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349086502     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.029     Document Type: Article

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