Ultrasound-Guided Foam Sclerotherapy for the Treatment of Chronic Venous Ulceration: A Preliminary Study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 764-769

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sclerotherapy; Varicose ulcer; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; SCLEROTHERAPY; ULCER; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649111832     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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