Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs.
De Maeseneer, Marianne G; Kakkos, Stavros K; Aherne, Thomaset al.
2022 • In European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 63 (2), p. 184-267
KOLH, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie et physiologie générales, humaines et pathologiques ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service des informations médico économiques (SIME)
Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs.
Publication date :
February 2022
Journal title :
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
The authors would like to thank the eight patients suffering from chronic venous disease in the United Kingdom National Health Service and the three lay members of the public without chronic venous disease, who evaluated the lay summaries of this guideline. The authors would also like to thank Fleur van Midwoud for graphical assistance (Figs. 3 and 4).
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