Role of three-dimensional computed tomography venography as a powerful navigator for varicose vein surgery

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 893-899

  Min, Seung Kee ^a   Kim, Seong Yup ^a   Park, Yang Jin ^a   Lee, Whal ^a   Jung, In Mok ^a   Lee, Taeseung ^a   Ha, Jongwon ^a   Kim, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY STRIPPING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PHLEBOGRAPHY; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN LIGATION;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77949902997     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.117     Document Type: Article

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