Treating varicose veins with transilluminated powered phlebectomy

AORN Journal,  Dec, 2002  by Lisa M. Zotto

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NOTES

(1.) R A Weiss, C R Fried, M A Weiss, "Venous physiology and pathophysiology," in Vein Diagnosis and Treatment: A Comprehensive Approach (New York: McGraw-Hill Medical Division, 2001) 23-42.

(2.) L W Way, "Current surgical diagnosis and treatment," in Veins and Lymphatics, 10th ed, J Goldstone, ed (Norwalk, Conn: Appleton & Lange, 1994) 783-797.

(3.) G Fowkes, "Prevalence and risk factors of chronic venous insufficiency," seminar presented at World Congress of the Union at Internationale de Phelebologie, Rome, 11 Sept 2001.

(4.) R A Weiss, C R Feied, M A Weiss, "Venous imaging/duplex ultrasound," in Vein Diagnosis and Treatment: A Comprehensive Approach (New York: McGraw-Hill Medical Division, 2001) 85-92.

(5.) Way, "Current surgical diagnosis and treatment," 783-797.

(6.) G Spitz, Transilluminated Powered Phlebectomy: A Smith & Nephew Technique Plus Illustrated Guide (London: Smith & Nephew, 2000) 1-5.

(7.) Ibid.

(8.) M P Goldman, J J Bergan, "Duplex anatomy of telangiectasis as a guide to treatment," in Ambulatory Treatment of Venous Disease (St Louis: Mosby, 1996) 29-35.

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