Prospective five-year study of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy in the treatment of great saphenous vein reflux

Phlebology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 183-188

  Chapman Smith, P ^a   Browne, A ^a  

^a Skin and Vein Clinic   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foam sclerotherapy; Great saphenous vein reflux; Prospective study; UGFS; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

FIBROVEIN; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOAM; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INJECTION PAIN; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEPSIS; STROKE; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VENOUS REFLUX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 67749110346     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.008080     Document Type: Article

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