Predictive factors of success following radio-frequency stylet (RFS) ablation of incompetent perforating veins (IPV)

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 844-848

  Hingorani, Anil P ^a   Ascher, Enrico ^a   Marks, Natalie ^a   Shiferson, Alexander ^a   Patel, Nirav ^a   Gopal, Kapil ^a   Jacob, Theresa ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOMPETENT PERFORATING VEIN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY STYLET ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 70349305723     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.04.046     Document Type: Article

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