One-year outcomes of radiofrequency ablation of incompetent perforator veins using the radiofrequency stylet device

Phlebology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Marsh, P ^a   Price, B A ^a   Holdstock, J M ^a   Whiteley, M S ^a  

^a Whiteley Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incompetent perforator vein; Radiofrequency ablation; Varicose veins; Venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77950398955     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.008084     Document Type: Article

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