Five-year results from the prospective European multicentre cohort study on radiofrequency segmental thermal ablation for incompetent great saphenous veins

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Proebstle, T M ^a   Alm, B J ^b   Gockeritz O ^c   Wenzel, C ^c   Noppeney, T ^d   Lebard, C ^e   Sessa, C ^f   Creton, D ^g   Pichot, O ^f  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DERMATOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Venenzentrum Leipzig   (Germany)

^d Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^e Hopital Saint Michel   (France)

^f GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Clinique Ambroise Pare   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEAT; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

CATHETER ABLATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84922998360     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9679     Document Type: Article

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