Treatments for varicose veins: Surgery, sclerotherapy, foamsclerotherapy and combined (surgery+sclerotherapy) options. A 10-year, prospective, randomised, controlled, follow-up study. The VEDICO* trial and EST (European Sclerotherapy Trial)

Angeiologie

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-36

  Belcaro, G ^a,b   Cesarone, Mr ^a,b   Di Renzo, A ^a,b   Brandolini, R ^a,b   Coen, L ^a,b   Acerbi, G ^a,b   Marelli, C ^a,b   Malouf, M ^b,c   Myers, K ^b,c   Christopoulos, D ^b,c   Nicolaides, A ^b,c   Geroulakos, G ^d   Vasdekis, S ^e   Simeone, E ^m   Ruffini, I ^m   Ricci, A ^m   Stuard, S ^m   Ippolito, E ^f   Bavera, P ^f   Georgiev, M ^g   Corsi, M ^h   Cornelli, U ⁱ   Caizzi, N ^j   Dugall, M ^m   Veller, M ^k   Venniker, R ^l   Griffin, M ^b   more..

^a University and San Valentino   (Italy)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CING   (Cyprus)

^d EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g Venous Center   (Italy)

^h Angiology Institute   (Italy)

ⁱ Angiology Institute ^*  (Italy)

^j Emergency Surgery   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^l Vascular Surgery   (South Africa)

^m Vascular Surgery ^*

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0037957319     PISSN: 00033049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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