Efficacy of Polidocanol Foam versus Liquid in Sclerotherapy of the Great Saphenous Vein: A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial with a 2-year Follow-up

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-370

  Ouvry, P ^a   Allaert, F A ^b   Desnos, P ^c   Hamel Desnos, C ^d  

^a Cabinet d'angiologie   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Cabinet de Médecine Vasculaire   (France)

^d CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Foam sclerotherapy; Polidocanol; Sclerotherapy; Ultrasound guided sclerotherapy; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

AETOXISCLEROL; POLIDOCANOL; SCLEROSING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNEE PAIN; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECANALIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN NECROSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX DISEASE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX; VENOUS SPASM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; DOSAGE FORMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 49349112737     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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