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. 2024 Mar;39(2):132-134.
doi: 10.1177/02683555231211087. Epub 2023 Oct 31.

Truncal ablation: Techniques

Matthew Tan  1 , Hernan Bauza Moreno  2 , Sarah Thomis  3 , Victor Canata  4 , Sergio Gianesini  5 , Kurosh Parsi  6 , Alun H Davies  1
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Truncal ablation: Techniques

Matthew Tan et al. Phlebology. 2024 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: Endovenous technique; endovenous thermal ablation; foam sclerotherapy; sclerotherapy.

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Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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