Patient, operative, and surgeon factors that influence the effect of superficial venous surgery on disease-specific quality of life

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 896-902

  MacKenzie, Rhoda K ^a,b   Lee, Amanda J ^a,b   Paisley, Anna ^a,b   Burns, Paul ^a,b   Allan, Paul L ^a,b   Ruckley, C Vaughan ^a,b   Bradbury, Andrew W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; ULCER; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 0036845287     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.128638     Document Type: Article

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