Medium-term results of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for small saphenous varicose veins

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1268-1273

  Darvall, K A L ^a,b   Bate, G R ^a   Silverman, S H ^b   Adam, D J ^a   Bradbury, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; POPLITEAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 69249129406     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6755     Document Type: Article

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