Comment to Vuylsteke ME and Mordon SR. endovenous laser ablation: A review of mechanisms of action. Ann Vasc Surg 2012;26:424-33

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-883

  Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a   Van Der Geld, Cees W M ^b   Bruijninckx, Cornelis M A ^c   Verdaasdonk, Rudolf M ^d   Neumann, H A Martino ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c A Helder Clinic   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LASER; LEG VEIN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84863951903     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2012.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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