A prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial of radiofrequency versus laser treatment of the great saphenous vein in patients with varicose veins

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 876-881

  Nordon, Ian M ^a   Hinchliffe, Robert J ^a   Brar, Ranjeet ^a   Moxey, Paul ^a   Black, Steve A ^a   Thompson, Matt M ^a   Loftus, Ian M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODYDRAMOL; DICLOFENAC;

ADULT; AGED; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SKIN BRUISING; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSIS; VEIN; VEIN OCCLUSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTUSIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855224658     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318230af5a     Document Type: Review

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