Foam-sclerotherapy, surgery, sclerotherapy, and combined treatment for varicose veins: A 10-year, prospective, randomized, controlled, trial (VEDICO* trial)

Angiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-315

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

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Venous Center   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; FOAMING AGENT; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN SURGERY; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 0038623700     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970305400306     Document Type: Article

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