Five-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial comparing open surgery, foam sclerotherapy and endovenous laser ablation for great saphenous varicose veins.

CONCLUSION: UGFS has significantly inferior occlusion rates compared with open surgery or EVLA, and results in additional treatments. PMID: 29652086 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29652086?dopt=Abstract

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - April 16, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Vähäaho S, Halmesmäki K, Albäck A, Saarinen E, Venermo M Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research