Failure of a trial evaluating the effect of venous surgery on healing and recurrence rates in venous ulcers? The USABLE trial: Rationale, design and methodology, and reasons for failure

Phlebology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 137-142

  Davies, A H ^a   Hawdon, A J ^a   Greenhalgh, R M ^a   Thompson, S ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healing; Randomized controlled trial; Recurrence; Venous ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 4644330160     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0268355041753371     Document Type: Article

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