Complications of endovenous lasers

Phlebology

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 40-45

  Dexter, David ^a   Kabnick, L ^a   Berland, T ^a   Jacobowitz, G ^a   Lamparello, P ^a   Maldonado, T ^a   Mussa, F ^a   Rockman, C ^a   Sadek, M ^a   Giammaria, L E ^a   Adelman, M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterio venous fistula; AVF; Complications; Deep venous thrombosis; DVT; EHIT; Endothermal heat induced thrombosis; Endovenous laser ablation; EVLA; Nerve injury; Superficial venous insufficiency

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BALLOON EMBOLIZATION; BURN; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVALESCENCE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOTHERMAL HEAT INDUCED THROMBOSIS; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EMBOLISM; NERVE INJURY; OPEN SAPHENECTOMY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN; SKIN BRUISING; STENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BURNS; HUMANS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84856782604     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2012.012S18     Document Type: Review

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