Endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) in patients with varicose great saphenous vein (GSV) and incompetent saphenofemoral junction (SFJ): An ambulatory single center experience

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Zafarghandi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Akhlaghpour, Shahram ^b   Mohammadi, Halimeh ^c   Abbasi, Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Endovenous laser ablation (EVLA); Great saphenous vein; Saphenofemoral junction (SFJ); Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; LASER SURGERY; LEG PAIN; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOFEMORAL JUNCTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; IRAN; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 65349177709     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408326182     Document Type: Article

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