Endovenous laser therapy in the treatment of lower-limb venous ulcers

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-662

  Teo, Terence Kiat Beng ^a   Tay, Kiang Hiong ^a   Lin, Shueh En ^a   Tan, Seck Guan ^a   Lo, Richard H ^a   Taneja, Manish ^a   Irani, Farah G ^a   Sebastien, Mathew George ^a   Lim, Kiat Hon ^a   Tan, Bien Soo ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ULCER HEALING; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS REFLUX; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 85047687775     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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