Evaluation of the Efficacy of Polidocanol in the Form of Foam Compared with Liquid Form in Sclerotherapy of the Greater Saphenous Vein: Initial Results

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1170-1175

  Hamel Desnos, Claudine ^a   Desnos, Philippe ^a   Wollmann, Jan Christoph ^c,d   Ouvry, Pierre ^b   Mako, Serge ^c,d   Allaert, François Andre ^a   Duffy, David M ^d  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Ouvry's Private Surgery   (France)

^c Foam Study Group   (Germany)

^d FA Allaert's Private Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; ECHOGRAPHY; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VASOSPASM;

DOSAGE FORMS; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0346887210     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2003.29398.x     Document Type: Article

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