Endovenous laser ablation of varicose veins with the 1470-nm diode laser

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1474-1478

  Schwarz, Thomas ^a   von Hodenberg, Eva ^a   Furtwängler, Christian ^a   Rastan, Aljoscha ^a   Zeller, Thomas ^a   Neumann, Franz Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DICLOFENAC; ENOXAPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIODE LASER; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN BRUISING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS REFLUX; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTUSIONS; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952240858     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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