Randomized trial comparing cyanoacrylate embolization and radiofrequency ablation for incompetent great saphenous veins (VeClose)

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 985-994

  Morrison, Nick ^a   Gibson, Kathleen ^b   McEnroe, Scott ^c   Goldman, Mitchel ^d   King, Ted ^e   Weiss, Robert ^f   Cher, Daniel ^g   Jones, Andrew ^h  

^a Morrison Vein Institute   (United States)

^b Lake Washington Vascular   (United States)

^c Sentara Vascular Specialists   (United States)

^d Suite 300   (United States)

^e Vein Clinics of America   (United States)

^f Hunt Valley   (United States)

^g Wild Iris Consulting LLC   (United States)

^h Inovia Vein Specialty Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECCHYMOSIS; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOMPETENT GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYANOACRYLATES; ECCHYMOSIS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; UNITED STATES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84925386104     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.11.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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