Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 155-158 , March 2007

Adjunctive Proximal Vein Ligation with Endovenous Obliteration of Great Saphenous Vein Reflux: Does It Have Clinical Value?

  • Wayne S. Gradman

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Wayne S. Gradman, MD, 450 North Roxbury Drive, Suite 275, Beverly Hills, California 90210, USA

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 The author has received no outside financial support.Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Southern California Vascular Surgical Society, Temecula, California, May 5-7, 2006.

PII: S0890-5096(07)00076-3

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.10.017

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 155-158 , March 2007

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