Conservative versus surgical treatment of venous leg ulcers: A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 563-571

  van Gent, Wijnand B ^a   Hop, Wim C ^b   van Praag, Marinus C ^a   Mackaay, Albert J ^c   de Boer, Edith M ^d   Wittens, Cees H ^a  

^a SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBFASCIAL ENDOSCOPIC PERFORATING VEIN SURGERY; THERAPY EFFECT; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 33747879396     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.04.053     Document Type: Article

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