Interventions on the superficial venous system for chronic venous insufficiency by surgeons in the modern era: An analysis of ACS-NSQIP

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 482-490

  Carruthers, Thomas N ^a,b,c   Farber, Alik ^a   Rybin, Denis ^c   Doros, Gheorghe ^c   Eslami, Mohammad H ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic venous insufficiency; Deep venous thrombosis; Laser ablation; Phlebectomy; Radiofrequency ablation; Saphenous vein stripping; Surgical site infection; Varicose veins; Venous ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVENOUS ABLATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPEN SURGERY OF VARICOSE VEIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; VASCULAR SURGEON; VASCULAR SURGERY; ABLATION THERAPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84927759271     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: 19389116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574414561226     Document Type: Article

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