Intravascular 1320-nm laser closure of the great saphenous vein: A 6- to 12-month follow-up study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1380-1385

  Goldman, Mitchel P ^a   Mauricio, Maritess ^a   Rao, Jaggi ^a  

^a D C Laser Assoc La Jolla Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR LASER; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TECHNIQUE; VARICOSIS; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 9244260194     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30431.x     Document Type: Article

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