Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy of the great saphenous vein with sapheno-femoral ligation compared to standard stripping: A prospective clinical study

International Angiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-326

  Liu, X ^a   Jia, X ^a   Guo, W ^a   Xiong, J ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Liu, M ^a   Du, X ^a   Zhang, M H ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Saphenous vein; Sclerotherapy; Surgical procedures, operative

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN INCOMPETENCE; GROIN HEMATOMA; GROIN INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENT DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SAPHENOFEMORAL JUNCTION LIGATION; SAPHENOUS NERVE INJURY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; URINE RETENTION; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CHINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 80054749714     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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