Endovenous therapies of lower extremity varicosities: A meta-analysis

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 230-239

  van den Bos, Renate ^a   Arends, Lidia ^a,b   Kockaert, Michael ^a   Neumann, Martino ^a   Nijsten, Tamar ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA EXTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG VARICOSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LIGATION; LOWER EXTREMITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLEROTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58649112557     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.06.030     Document Type: Review

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