Surgical management of great saphenous vein varicose veins: A meta-analysis

Vascular

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 285-296

  Lynch, Noel P ^a   Clarke, M ^a   Fulton, Greg J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

endovenous laser therapy; meta analysis; surgery; Varicose; veins

Indexed keywords

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN SCORE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; DYSESTHESIA; ENDOVENOUS LASER THERAPY; GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN; HOMBURG VARICOSE VEIN SEVERITY SCORE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN BRUISING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VARICOSE CLINICAL SEVERITY SCORE; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMORAL VEIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930165895     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: 1708539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1708538114542633     Document Type: Review

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