Assessment of causes and patterns of recurrent varicose veins after surgery

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-48

  Gad, Mohammed A ^a   Saber, Aly ^b   Hokkam, Emad N ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Port Fouad General Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Causes; Patterns; Recurrence; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LEG VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOFEMORAL DISCONNECTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THIGH; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

EID: 84857159108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.92905     Document Type: Article

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