Comparing the treatment response of great saphenous and small saphenous vein incompetence following surgery and endovenous laser ablation: A retrospective cohort study

Phlebology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 128-134

  Carradice, D ^a   Samuel, N ^a   Wallace, T ^a   Mazari, F A K ^a   Hatfield, J ^a   Chetter, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endovenous laser; Great saphenous vein; Quality of life; Small saphenous vein; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DICLOFENAC; PARACETAMOL;

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN INCOMPETENCE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN INCOMPETENCE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN LIGATION; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE;

ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LIGATION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84859053673     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2011.011014     Document Type: Article

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