Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy is a safe and clinically effective treatment for superficial venous reflux

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 939-945

  Bradbury, Andrew W ^a   Bate, Gareth ^a   Pang, Karl ^a   Darvall, Katy A ^a   Adam, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; THROMBOPHILIA; ULTRASOUND; VENOUS REFLUX; VISUAL DISORDER; DATA BASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE;

EID: 77957577054     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.077     Document Type: Article

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