## Abstract ## Background This randomized trial compared four treatments for varicose great saphenous veins (GSVs). ## Methods Five hundred consecutive patients (580 legs) with GSV reflux were randomized to endovenous laser ablation (980 and 1470 nm, bare fibre), radiofrequency ablation, ultraso
Comparing endovenous laser ablation, foam sclerotherapy, and conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins
β Scribed by Biemans, Anke A.M.; Kockaert, Michael; Akkersdijk, George P.; van den Bos, Renate R.; de Maeseneer, Marianne G.R.; Cuypers, Philip; Stijnen, Theo; Neumann, Martino H.A.; Nijsten, Tamar
- Book ID
- 122476601
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 400 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6809
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