Endovenous laser treatment of the small saphenous vein

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kontothanassis, Dimitrios ^a   Di Mitri, Roberto ^a   Ferrari Ruffino, Salvatore ^a   Zambrini, Eleonora ^a   Camporese, Giuseppe ^b   Gerard, Jean Luc ^c   Labropoulos, Nicos ^a,d  

^a Istituto Flebologico Italiano   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECANALIZATION; SAFETY; SMALL SAPHENOUS VEIN; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VEIN WALL; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 63049119778     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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