Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 669-673 , September 2008

A prospective evaluation of the outcome after small saphenous varicose vein surgery with one-year follow-up

Based on a presentation given at the Forty-second Annual Meeting of the Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, November, 2006, and published in abstract in Br J Surg 2007; 94: A256.

  • John L. O'Hare, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom
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  • Chantal P. Vandenbroeck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Birgit Whitman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Bruce Campbell, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Exeter, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Brian P. Heather, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jonothan J. Earnshaw, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jonothan J. Earnshaw, MD, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN, United Kingdom
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  • Joint Vascular Research Group

Received 26 December 2007 ,Accepted 1 April 2008.

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 The study was funded through contributions from the individual research departments.

 Competition of interest: none.

 CME article

PII: S0741-5214(08)00653-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.04.041

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 669-673 , September 2008

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