Socio-economic impact of endovenous thermal ablation techniques

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 493-499

  Kelleher, Damian ^a   Lane, Tristan R A ^a   Franklin, Ian J ^a   Davies, Alun H ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; QALY; QOL; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN QUESTIONNAIRE; ABLATION CATHETER; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF BURDEN IN CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE; BLEEDING; CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIODE LASER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EUROQOL 5 DOMAIN; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFLAMMATION; LASER SURGERY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIGMENTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RETURN TO WORK; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT FORM 8; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUTCOME RESPONSE VENOUS; THERAPY EFFECT; THERMOGENESIS; ULCER; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS; VEIN STRIPPING; VENOUS CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDY QUALITY OF LIFE AND SYMPTOM SEVERITY QUESTIONNAIRE; VENOUS REFLUX; CATHETER ABLATION; ECONOMICS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

CATHETER ABLATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84896975815     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1453-8     Document Type: Article

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