Surgery and endovenous techniques for the treatment of small saphenous varicose veins: A review of the literature

Phlebology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 179-184

  Tellings, S S ^a   Ceulen, R P M ^b   Sommer, A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Albert Schweizer Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Endovenous laser ablation; Small saphenous veins; Surgery; Treatment outcome; Ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NERVE INJURY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN INDURATION; SMALL SAPHENOUS VARICOSE VEIN; SMALL SAPHENOUS VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79960852236     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2010.009095     Document Type: Review

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