Randomised Clinical Trial Comparing Endovenous Laser Ablation with Stripping of the Great Saphenous Vein: Clinical Outcome and Recurrence After 2 Years

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 630-635

  Rasmussen, L H ^a   Bjoern, L ^a   Lawaetz, M ^a   Lawaetz, B ^a   Blemings, A ^a   Eklof B ^a  

^a Surgical Centre Roskilde   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endovenous laser ablation; Randomised trial; Surgical treatment; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LASER THERAPY; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951622693     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.11.040     Document Type: Article

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