Sclerotherapy and foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins

Phlebology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 260-269

  Coleridge Smith, P ^a  

^a London Vein Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Duplex ultrasound imaging; Foam sclerotherapy; Treatment outcome; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; POLIDOCANOL; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARISOLVE;

AIR; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOAM; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; LASER SURGERY; LEG ULCER; LEG VARICOSIS; LIQUID; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SORE THROAT; THORAX DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL AURA; VISUAL DISORDER;

AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DETERGENTS; DOSAGE FORMS; EMBOLISM, AIR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICROBUBBLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 72149107827     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.009050     Document Type: Article

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