Historical Overview of Varicose Vein Surgery

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-432

  van den Bremer, Jephta ^a,b   Moll, Frans L ^a,b  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMORAL VEIN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY;

FEMORAL VEIN; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LIGATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77649191498     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2009.07.035     Document Type: Review

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