A prospective evaluation of the outcome after small saphenous varicose vein surgery with one-year follow-up

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 669-673

  O'Hare, John L ^a   Vandenbroeck, Chantal P ^a   Whitman, Birgit ^a   Campbell, Bruce ^b   Heather, Brian P ^a   Earnshaw, Jonothan J ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICOSIS; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 49749132318     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.04.041     Document Type: Article

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