Trendelenburg's operation II
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Ligation of the great saphenous vein for the treatment of varicose veins in the leg.
Bibliography
- F. Trendelenburg:
Über die Unterbindung der Vena saphena magna bei Unterschenkelvaricen.
[Brun’s] Beiträge zur klinischen Chirurgie, 1890, 7: 195-210.
Reprinted, with translation, in Medical Classics, 1940, 4: 989-1023.
Trendelenburg’s operation II and Trendelenburg’s test.
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