Comparison of endovenous ablation techniques, foam sclerotherapy and surgical stripping for great saphenous varicose veins. Extended 5-year follow-up of a RCT

International Angiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 281-288

  Lawaetz, Martin ^a   Serup, Julie ^a   Lawaetz, Birgit ^a   Bjoern, Lars ^a   Blemings, Allan ^a   Eklof, Bo ^a   Rasmussen, Lars ^a  

^a Danish Vein Centers and Surgical Center Roskilde   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ablation techniques; Endovascular procedures; Saphenous vein; Surgery; Therapeutics; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ABERDEEN VARICOSE VEIN SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SHORT FORM 36; VARICOSIS; VEIN STRIPPING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER ABLATION; DENMARK; DUPLEX DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; DENMARK; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017157754     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23736/S0392-9590.17.03827-5     Document Type: Article

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