Is a vein filled with blood a good model for studying endovenous laser ablation?

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 543-544

  Mordon, Serge ^a,e   Wassmer, Benjamin ^b   Servell, Pascal ^c   Desmyttère, Jacques ^d   Grard, Christophe ^d   Stalnikiewicz, Guillaume ^d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Osyris Medical   (France)

^c Osyris Medical USA   (United States)

^d SEL Angeio Phlebo Interventionnelle   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ENDOVENOUS LASER SURGERY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEAT; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; THROMBUS; VEIN WALL; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 70349648498     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20809     Document Type: Letter

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