European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 4 , Pages 521-527 , October 2010

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) after Venous Thermoablation Techniques: Rates of Endovenous Heat-induced Thrombosis (EHIT) and Classical DVT after Radiofrequency and Endovenous Laser Ablation in a Single Centre

Received 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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☆ Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Manchester 2007, Session W2c1 Venous Disease 0887 (ASGBI abstracts 2007 Oral presentations. Br J Surg 2007;94(S2): 1–78).

PII: S1078-5884(10)00329-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.05.011

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 4 , Pages 521-527 , October 2010

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