A randomized clinical trial of endovenous laser ablation versus conventional surgery for small saphenous varicose veins

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 741-746

  Nandhra, Sandip ^a,b   El Sheikha, Joseph ^a   Carradice, Daniel ^a   Wallace, Tom ^a   Souroullas, Panos ^a   Samuel, Nehemiah ^a   Smith, George ^a   Chetter, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEINS QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOPOPLITEAL JUNCTION LIGATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; SHORT FORM 36; SMALL SAPHENOUS VARICOSE VEIN; VARICOSIS; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LASER THERAPY; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84923360891     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.09.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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