Interim results on abolishing reflux alongside a randomized clinical trial on laser ablation with phlebectomies versus foam sclerotherapy

International Angiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 394-403

  Lattimer, C R ^a,b   Kalodiki, E ^a,b   Azzam, M ^b   Makris, G C ^a,b   Somiayajulu, S ^b   Geroulakos, G ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser therapy; Randomized controlled trials; Sclerotherapy; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAPHENOUS TREATMENT SCORE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM TETRADECYL SULFATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884679146     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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