Endovenous Laser Ablation for Short Saphenous Vein Incompetence

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-42

  Nwaejike, N ^a,b,c   Srodon, P D ^a   Kyriakides, C ^a,b,c  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b London Independent Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DICLOFENAC; LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; ENDOVASCULAR LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROVASCULAR INJURY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SHORT SAPHENOUS VEIN INCOMPETENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149195413     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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