Sclerotherapy of telangiectases and reticular veins: A double-blind, randomized, comparative clinical trial of polidocanol, sodium tetradecyl sulphate and isotonic saline (EASI study)

Phlebology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 124-131

  Rabe, E ^a   Schliephake, D ^b   Otto, J ^b   Breu, F X ^c   Pannier, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Chemische Fabrik Kreussler and Co GmbH   (Germany)

^c Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht AZM ^*

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Polidocanol; Reticular veins; Sclerotherapy; Sodium tetradecyl sulphate; Telangiectases

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; POLIDOCANOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE DISCOLORATION; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE HEMATOMA; INJECTION SITE INFLAMMATION; INJECTION SITE IRRITATION; INJECTION SITE NECROSIS; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE PRURITUS; INJECTION SITE SCAR; INJECTION SITE WARMTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPIDER VEIN; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLACEBOS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE; TELANGIECTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952833417     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2009.009043     Document Type: Article

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