Subcutaneous injection of liquid and foamed polidocanol: Extravasation is not responsible for skin necrosis during reticular and spider vein sclerotherapy

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 983-986

  Schuller Petrovic S ^a   Pavlovic M D ^b   Neuhold, N ^c   Brunner, F ^d   Wolkart G ^d  

^a VENEX Vein Centre   (Austria)

^b Dermatology Centre Parmova   (Slovenia)

^c KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

extravasation; polidocanol; sclerotherapy; skin necrosis; telangiectasis

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXTRAVASATION; DRUG POTENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR SCLEROTHERAPY; RETICULAR VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN NECROSIS; SPIDER VEIN; SPIDER VEIN SCLEROTHERAPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; NECROSIS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 79960239495     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03873.x     Document Type: Article

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