Proof-of-principle study of steam ablation as novel thermal therapy for saphenous varicose veins

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Van Den Bos, Renate R ^a   Milleret, Rene ^b   Neumann, Martino ^a   Nijsten, Tamar ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SELARL Vein Center   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROQOL QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SHEEP; STEAM ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SHEEP; STEAM; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 78650523984     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.171     Document Type: Article

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