Clinical aspects and indications for endovenous treatments for varicose veins

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 377-382

  De Roos, Kees Peter ^a  

^a DermaPark ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Duplex ultrasound; Endovenous laser treatment; History; Seldinger technique; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT; HUMAN; LEG CRAMP; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOSIS; VENOUS RETURN; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VARICOSE VEINS;

AGED; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 84897039543     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1455-6     Document Type: Article

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