A rare cause of foot drop after radiofrequency ablation for varicose veins: Case report and review of the literature

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-305

  Shiva Kumar, R ^a   Gopinath, Malini ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency ablation; ultrasound; varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PERONEUS NERVE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PERONEAL NERVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 77953749531     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.63801     Document Type: Article

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