Endovenous laser ablation as a treatment for postsurgical recurrent saphenous insufficiency

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 983-988

  Anchala, Praveen R ^a   Wickman, Christopher ^a   Chen, Richard ^a   Faundeen, Tonya ^a   Pearce, William ^a   Narducy, Lisa ^a   Resnick, Scott A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interventional radiology; Laser vein ablation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THERAPY EFFECT; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77957753290     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-009-9784-3     Document Type: Article

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