Results of endovenous ClosureFast treatment for varicose veins in an outpatient setting

Phlebology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 118-123

  Bisang, U ^a   Meier, T O ^a   Enzler, M ^b   Thalhammer, C ^a   Husmann, M ^a   Amann Vesti, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endovenous laser treatment; Radiofrequency; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSUREFAST TECHNIQUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPESTHESIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SPIDER VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859020502     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2010.010089     Document Type: Article

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