A randomized trial of cryo stripping versus conventional stripping of the great saphenous vein

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 403-409

  Klem, Taco M A L ^a   Schnater, J Marco ^b   Schütte, P Ronald ^c   Hop, Wim ^e   van der Ham, Arie C ^a   Wittens, Cornelis H A ^d  

^a SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE CELL LESION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 59649122125     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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