Randomized clinical trial comparing endovenous laser ablation and stripping of the great saphenous vein with clinical and duplex outcome after 5 years

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 421-426

  Rasmussen, Lars ^a   Lawaetz, Martin ^a   Bjoern, Lars ^a   Blemings, Allan ^a   Eklof, Bo ^a  

^a Danish Vein Centers and Surgical Center Roskilde   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN SYMPTOMS SEVERITY SCORE; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; DENMARK; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LASER THERAPY; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880829111     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.12.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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