Incomplete removal of great saphenous vein is the most common cause for recurrent varicose veins

Angiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 198-201

  Joshi, Dhiraj ^a,b   Sinclair, Amy ^a   Tsui, Janice ^b   Sarin, Sanjeev ^a  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"" recurrent; ""great saphenous vein""; ""varicose veins; duplex; GSV; residual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN STRIPPING;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 78651399027     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319710375090     Document Type: Article

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