Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 207-214 , August 2003

Prospective randomized study of endovenous radiofrequency obliteration (closure procedure) versus ligation and stripping in a selected patient population (EVOLVeS Study)

  • F Lurie, MD, PhD, RVT

      Affiliations

    • aStraub Foundation, Straub Clinic and Hospital, and the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD, Straub Foundation, 1100 Ward Ave, Ste 1045, Honolulu, HI 96814, USA
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  • D Creton, MD

      Affiliations

    • bClinique Ambroise Pare, Nancy, France
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  • B Eklof, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • aStraub Foundation, Straub Clinic and Hospital, and the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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  • L.S Kabnick, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • cVein Institute of New Jersey, and Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ, USA
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  • R.L Kistner, MD

      Affiliations

    • aStraub Foundation, Straub Clinic and Hospital, and the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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  • O Pichot, MD

      Affiliations

    • dUniversite Joseph Fourier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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  • S Schuller-Petrovic, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic of Dermatology, Graz, Austria
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  • C Sessa, MD

      Affiliations

    • dUniversite Joseph Fourier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France

Received 13 December 2002 ,Accepted 4 February 2003.

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☆ Competition of interest: VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc, San Jose, Calif, provided financial support for data collection, clinical monitors, and disposable catheters free of charge.

PII: S0741-5214(03)00228-3

doi: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00228-3

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 207-214 , August 2003

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