Which treatment would patients prefer for their varicose veins?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 212-214

  Campbell, Bruce ^a   Dimson, Susannah ^a   Bickerton, David ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Questionnaires; Varicose veins; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; VARICOSIS; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031835894     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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