Comparing endovenous laser ablation, foam sclerotherapy, and conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 727-734.e1

  Biemans, Anke A M ^a   Kockaert, Michael ^a   Akkersdijk, George P ^a   Van Den Bos, Renate R ^a   De Maeseneer, Marianne G R ^a,b   Cuypers, Philip ^c   Stijnen, Theo ^d   Neumann, Martino H A ^a   Nijsten, Tamar ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; EUROQOL 5D QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84883152362     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.12.074     Document Type: Article

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