Varisolve® polidocanol microfoam compared with surgery or sclerotherapy in the management of varicose veins in the presence of trunk vein incompetence: European randomized controlled trial

Phlebology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 180-190

  Wright, David ^a,k   Gobin, J P ^b   Bradbury, A W ^c   Coleridge Smith, P ^d   Spoelstra, H ^e   Berridge, D ^f   Wittens, C H A ^g   Sommer, A ^h   Nelzen, O ⁱ   Chanter, D ^j   Benigni, Jean Patrick ^l   Ceulen, Roeland ^l   Davies, Alun ^l   Gachet, Gilles ^l   Ouvry, Pierre ^l   Patural, Patrick ^l   Ruscelli, Paolo ^l   Rutter, Peter ^l   Sadoun, Symon ^l   Taucher, Uli ^l   Tristram, Stephen ^l   Veraart, Joep ^l   more..

^a Provensis Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b Cabinet de Medecine Vasculaire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Therapeutisch Vascular Centrum   (Belgium)

^f LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j Statisfaction Statistical Consultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^k BTG International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

Polidocanol microfoam; Trunk vein incompetence; Varicose veins; Venous disease management

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; VARISOLVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB PAIN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 33845501837     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835506779115807     Document Type: Article

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