A randomized, controlled trial of endovenous thermal ablation using the 810-nm wavelength laser and the ClosurePLUS radiofrequency ablation methods for superficial venous insufficiency of the great saphenous vein

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 645-650

  Gale, Steven S ^a   Lee, Jennifer N ^a   Walsh, M Eileen ^a   Wojnarowski, Dennis L ^a   Comerota, Anthony J ^a  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTUSIONS; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77956395355     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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