Pelvic Venous Incompetence: Reflux Patterns and Treatment Results

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-386

  Asciutto, G ^a   Asciutto, K C ^b   Mumme, A ^a   Geier, B ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pelvic veins; Phlebography; Venous incompetence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INGUINAL REGION; LEG PAIN; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIAN VEIN; PELVIS VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS REFLUX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 68249105290     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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