Technique and early results of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy of the long saphenous vein for treatment of varicose veins

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-287

  Tan, Veronique K M ^a   Tan, S G ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Foam sclerotherapy; Long saphenous vein; Ultrasound guided sclerotherapy; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; VARICOSE VEINS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 65949097512     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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