## 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
Randomized clinical trial of radiofrequency ablation or conventional high ligation and stripping for great saphenous varicose veins
โ Scribed by S. Subramonia; Mr; T. Lees
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.6867
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