Trends in patient reported outcomes of conservative and surgical treatment of primary chronic venous disease contradict current practices

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 363-367

  Lurie, Fedor ^a   Kistner, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG ADDUCTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUTCOME RESPONSE VENOUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; VEIN DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 79961029270     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31821d4a5f     Document Type: Article

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