Three-year European follow-up of endovenous radiofrequency-powered segmental thermal ablation of the great saphenous vein with or without treatment of calf varicosities

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-152

  Proebstle, Thomas M ^a,h   Alm, Jens ^b   Gckeritz, Oliver ^c   Wenzel, Christian ^c   Noppeney, Thomas ^d   Lebard, Christian ^e   Pichot, Olivier ^f   Sessa, Carmine ^f   Creton, Denis ^g  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Dermatologikum Hamburg   (Germany)

^c Venenzentrum Leipzig   (Germany)

^d Gefaesszentrum Nrnberg   (Germany)

^e Hopital Saint Michel   (France)

^f GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Clinique Ambroise Pare   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALF VARICOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY SEGMENTAL THERMAL ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959301649     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.12.051     Document Type: Article

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