Endovenous Laser Ablation of the Small Saphenous Vein: Prospective Analysis of 150 Patients, a Cohort Study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-202

  Huisman, L C ^a   Bruins, R M G ^a   van den Berg, M ^a   Hissink, R J ^a  

^a Scheper Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Endovenous ablation; Laser ablation; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Saphenous vein; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651087389     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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