Endovenous ablation of incompetent perforating veins is effective treatment for recalcitrant venous ulcers

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 737-742

  Lawrence, Peter F ^a   Alktaifi, Ali ^a   Rigberg, David ^a   Derubertis, Brian ^a   Gelabert, Hugh ^a   Jimenez, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERFORATOR ABLATION; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN PERFORATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80052543087     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.02.068     Document Type: Article

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