Treatment of recurrent varicose veins of the great saphenous vein by conventional surgery and endovenous laser ablation

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1106-1113

  van Groenendael, Laura ^a   van der Vliet, J Adam ^c   Flinkenflögel, Lizel ^a   Roovers, Elisabeth A ^b   van Sterkenburg, Steven M M ^a   Reijnen, Michel M P J ^a  

^a Division of Vascular Surgery   (Netherlands)

^b Clinical Research Department   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SICK LEAVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70350513542     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.06.057     Document Type: Article

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