Management of Secondary Varicosities

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-112

  Mowatt Larssen, Eric ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; MORRHUATE SODIUM; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BURN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG SAFETY; FOAM; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIGRAINE; NERVE INJURY; PALPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SCLEROTHERAPY; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN DIAMETER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955546221     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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