The crochet hook method of stab avulsion phlebectomy for varicose veins. 1996

B E Waddell, and M B Harkins, and P A Lepage, and V L Modesto, and J L Villavicencio
Department of Surgery, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia 30905-2D5650, USA.

Excision of varicose veins through ministab incisions is currently the choice for the removal of varicose vein clusters. The crochet hook technique of stab avulsion phlebectomy is described in this paper. This surgical method for the treatment of varicose veins has been widely utilized in a residency training environment during the last twelve years and has been used by the senior author for more than 20 years. The technique is easily mastered, cost effective, and has excellent therapeutic and cosmetic results.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014648 Varicose Veins Enlarged and tortuous VEINS. Varices,Varix,Varicose Vein,Vein, Varicose,Veins, Varicose
D014656 Vascular Surgical Procedures Operative procedures for the treatment of vascular disorders. Vascular Surgery,Procedure, Vascular Surgical,Procedures, Vascular Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Vascular,Surgical Procedures, Vascular,Vascular Surgical Procedure,Surgeries, Vascular,Surgery, Vascular,Vascular Surgeries

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