Vein ligation and stripping

References

Citations

  1. Wakefield TW, Messing LM (2006). Veins and lymphatics. In GM Doherty, LW Way, eds., Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 12th ed., pp. 846–862. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  2. Barwell JR, et al. (2004). Comparison of surgery and compression with compression alone in chronic venous ulceration (ESCHAR study): Randomized controlled trial. Lancet, 363(9424): 1854–1859.



Author: Douglas Dana
Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Last Updated: April 7, 2008
Medical Review: Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
David A. Szalay, MD - Vascular Surgery

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