Mid-term results following endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) of saphenous veins with a 980 nm diode laser

International Angiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 475-481

  Pannier, Felizitas ^a   Rabe, E ^b  

^a Dermatologie Kastanienhof   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lasers; Varicose veins; Veins

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIODE LASER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SAFETY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHLEBECTOMY; PULSED DYE LASER; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS REFLUX; COMPLICATION; COMPRESSION STOCKING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; GERMANY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; EDEMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 60549108148     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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