Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 1015-1021 , May 2008

Effect of prolonged treatment with compression stockings to prevent post-thrombotic sequelae: A randomized controlled trial

  • Markus Aschwanden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Christina Jeanneret, MD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department, University Hospital, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
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  • Michael T. Koller, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Christoph Thalhammer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christoph Thalhammer, MD, Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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  • Heiner C. Bucher, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Kurt A. Jaeger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Received 15 October 2007 ,Accepted 7 January 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(08)00020-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.008

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 1015-1021 , May 2008

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