Outcome of ultrasonography-guided foam sclerotherapy versus stab avulsion ambulatory phlebectomy in the treatment of varicosis in small veins of the leg: A single blinded randomized clinical tria

Iranian Journal of Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Zafarghandi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Farsavian, Hossein ^b   Davoudi, Mehdi ^b   Farsavian, Ali Asghar ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Leg small vein varicose; Stab avulsion ambulatory phlebectomy; Ultrasonography guided foam sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG VARICOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETURN TO WORK; SCLEROTHERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAB AVULSION AMBULATORY PHLEBECTOMY; TIME FACTOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY GUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; VEIN DIAMETER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 85035040499     PISSN: 17351065     EISSN: 20082711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/iranjradiol.21742     Document Type: Article

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