Varicose vein surgery: Stripping versus the chiva method: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 624-631

  Parés, Josep Oriol ^a   Juan, Jordi ^b   Tellez, Rafael ^a   Mata, Antoni ^a   Moreno, Coloma ^c   Quer, Francesc Xavier ^a   Suarez, David ^d   Codony, Isabel ^a   Roca, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d PARC TAULÍ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77950860139     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d0d0a3     Document Type: Article

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