Minimally invasive techniques in the treatment of saphenous varicose veins

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-119

  Nijsten, Tamar ^a   van den Bos, Renate R ^a   Goldman, Mitchel P ^e   Kockaert, Michael A ^a   Proebstle, Thomas M ^b   Rabe, Eberhard ^c   Sadick, Neil S ^f   Weiss, Robert A ^d   Neumann, Martino H A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e La Jolla Spa MD   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN NECROSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS;

CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 57649159198     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.046     Document Type: Review

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