Impaired lymphatic function recovered after great saphenous vein stripping in patients with varicose vein: Venodynamic and lymphodynamic results

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1085-1091

  Suzuki, Minoru ^a   Unno, Naoki ^a   Yamamoto, Naoto ^a   Nishiyama, Motohiro ^a   Sagara, Daisuke ^a   Tanaka, Hiroki ^a   Mano, Yuuki ^a   Konno, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LEG VARICOSIS; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70350574588     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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