Long-term results of a randomized controlled trial on ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy combined with saphenofemoral ligation vs standard surgery for varicose veins

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 451-457

  Kalodiki, Evi ^a   Lattimer, Christopher R ^a   Azzam, Mustapha ^a   Shawish, Emad ^a   Bountouroglou, Dimitris ^a   Geroulakos, George ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG VARICOSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBECTOMY; PIGMENT DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOFEMORAL LIGATION; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN ULCER; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; SYNCOPE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; URINE RETENTION; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856114300     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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