A prospective randomised controlled trial of VNUS closure versus surgery for the treatment of recurrent long saphenous varicose veins

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Hinchliffe, R J ^a   Ubhi, J ^a   Beech, A ^a   Ellison, J ^a   Braithwaite, Bruce D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital image analysis; Endoluminal thermal ablation; Recurrent varicose veins; VNUS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL REGION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BRUISING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 30544443585     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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