Endovenous ablation therapy (LASER or radiofrequency) or foam sclerotherapy versus conventional surgical repair for short saphenous varicose veins

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Paravastu, Sharath Chandra Vikram ^a   Dodd, P Dominic F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 85000911705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010878     Document Type: Article

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