Midterm results of the surgical treatment of varices by phlebectomy with conservation of a refluxing saphenous vein

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-118

  Pittaluga, Paul ^a   Chastanet, Sylvain ^a   Rea, Bernard ^b   Barbe, Rémy ^b  

^a Riviera Veine Institut   (France)

^b Clinique Charcot   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649211766     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.12.067     Document Type: Article

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