A randomized trial comparing treatments for varicose veins

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1218-1227

  Brittenden, Julie ^a   Cotton, Seonaidh C ^a   Elders, Andrew ^a   Ramsay, Craig R ^a   Norrie, John ^a   Burr, Jennifer ^d   Campbell, Bruce ^e   Bachoo, Paul ^c   Chetter, Ian ^f   Gough, Michael ^g   Earnshaw, Jonothan ⁱ   Lees, Tim ^j   Scott, Julian ^h   Baker, Sara A ^k   Francis, Jill ^l   Tassie, Emma ^b   Scotland, Graham ^a,b   Wileman, Samantha ^a   Campbell, Marion K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 84907424144     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1400781     Document Type: Article

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