Effect of prolonged treatment with compression stockings to prevent post-thrombotic sequelae: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1015-1021

  Aschwanden, Markus ^a   Jeanneret, Christina ^c   Koller, Michael T ^b   Thalhammer, Christoph ^a   Bucher, Heiner C ^b   Jaeger, Kurt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c PSI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 42749091321     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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