Prospective randomized trial comparing endovenous laser ablation and surgery for treatment of primary great saphenous varicose veins with a 2-year follow-up

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1234-1241

  Christenson, Jan T ^a   Gueddi, Salah ^a   Gemayel, Gino ^a   Bounameaux, Henri ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL OUTCOME STUDY SHORT FORM 36; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN BRUISING; VARICOSE VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE; VEIN LIGATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTUSION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; LIGATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952111631     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.104     Document Type: Article

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