First results with a new 1470-nm diode laser for endovenous ablation of incompetent saphenous veins

Phlebology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-30

  Pannier, Felizitas ^a   Rabe, E ^b   Maurins, U ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Health Center 4   (Latvia)

Author keywords

1470 nm; Diode laser; Endovenous; EVLA; Great saphenous vein

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIODE LASER; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN INCOMPETENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION GARMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149099351     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2008.008038     Document Type: Article

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