Early results from a randomized trial of saphenous surgery with or without subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery in patients with a venous ulcer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-500

  Nelzen O ^a,b   Fransson, I ^a  

^a SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUPTURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79951992418     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7370     Document Type: Article

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