Endovenous laser ablation with and without high ligation compared to high ligation and stripping for treatment of great saphenous varicose veins: Results of a multicentre randomised controlled trial with up to 6 years follow-up

Phlebology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-33

  Flessenkämper, Ingo ^a   Hartmann, M ^b   Hartmann, K ^b   Stenger, D ^b   Roll, S ^c  

^a HELIOS KLINIKUM EMIL VON BEHRING   (Germany)

^b Center for Venous Diseases   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

endovenous laser treatment; Great saphenous vein; recurrent varices after surgery (REVAS); saphenofemoral junction; varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH LIGATION AND STRIPPING; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OPEN STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN STRIPPING; VENOUS REFLUX; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUPLEX DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 84954531839     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268355514555547     Document Type: Article

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