Conventional surgery and endovenous laser ablation of recurrent varicose veins of the small saphenous vein: A retrospective clinical comparison and assessment of patient satisfaction

Phlebology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-157

  Van Groenendael, L ^a   Flinkenflogel L ^a   Van Der Vliet, J A ^b   Roovers, E A ^c   Van Sterkenburg, S M M ^a   Reijnen, M M P J ^a  

^a Division of Vascular Surgery   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Clinical Research Department   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endovenous laser ablation; Recurrence; Satisfaction; Small saphenous vein; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEURALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN TIGHTNESS; SMALL SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURAL NERVE; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952805400     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.009044     Document Type: Article

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