Biomaterial Database

Compression sclerotherapy in venous insufficiency. 1988

J T Hobbs

St Mary's Hospital, London, Great Britain.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007275	Injections, Intravenous	Injections made into a vein for therapeutic or experimental purposes.	Intravenous Injections,Injection, Intravenous,Intravenous Injection
D011312	Pressure	A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Pressures
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001458	Bandages	Material used for wrapping or binding any part of the body.	Dressings,Bandage,Dressing
D012597	Sclerosing Solutions	Chemical agents injected into blood vessels and lymphatic sinuses to shrink or cause localized THROMBOSIS; FIBROSIS, and obliteration of the vessels. This treatment is applied in a number of conditions such as VARICOSE VEINS; HEMORRHOIDS; GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGEAL VARICES; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE.	Injections, Sclerosing,Sclerosant,Sclerosing Agent,Sclerosing Agents,Sclerosing Injection,Sclerosing Solution,Sclerosants,Sclerosing Drugs,Sclerosing Injections,Agent, Sclerosing,Agents, Sclerosing,Drugs, Sclerosing,Injection, Sclerosing,Solution, Sclerosing,Solutions, Sclerosing
D012981	Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate	An anionic surface-active agent used for its wetting properties in industry and used in medicine as an irritant and sclerosing agent for hemorrhoids and varicose veins.	Sotradecol,Sotradecol Sodium,Tergitol 4,Trombavar,Trombovar,Sulfate, Sodium Tetradecyl,Tetradecyl Sulfate, Sodium
D014648	Varicose Veins	Enlarged and tortuous VEINS.	Varices,Varix,Varicose Vein,Vein, Varicose,Veins, Varicose
D014689	Venous Insufficiency	Impaired venous blood flow or venous return (venous stasis), usually caused by inadequate venous valves. Venous insufficiency often occurs in the legs, and is associated with EDEMA and sometimes with VENOUS STASIS ULCERS at the ankle.	Insufficiencies, Venous,Insufficiency, Venous,Venous Insufficiencies