Treatment of varicose veins: Does each technique have a formal indication?

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 250-254

  Pichot, Olivier ^a   De Maeseneer, Marianne ^b,c  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

endovenous laser; radiofrequency; ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy; varicose veins

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOSIS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ALGORITHMS; CATHETER ABLATION; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LIGATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84859373544     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: 15310027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003511433337     Document Type: Review

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