Subfascial ligation at three different levels versus partial exeresis of the incompetent short saphenous vein: A randomized clinical trial

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-18

  Dumas, Bertien E ^a,b   Spronk, Sandra ^a   Boelhouwer, Roelof U ^a   den Hoed, Pieter T ^a  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CAPGEMINI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33847136299     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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