Surgery versus sclerotherapy for the treatment of varicose veins

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2021, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Rigby, Kathryn A ^a   Palfreyman, Simon J ^b   Beverley, Catherine ^c   Michaels, Jonathan A ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS;

HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 16644376215     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004980     Document Type: Article

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