Great saphenous varicose vein surgery without saphenofemoral junction disconnection

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 820-825

  Zamboni, P ^a   Gianesini, S ^a   Menegatti, E ^a   Tacconi, G ^a   Palazzo, A ^a   Liboni, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77952758598     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7022     Document Type: Article

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