A comparison of procedures for varicose veins.

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Brittenden J, Cotton SC, Elders A, Ramsey CR, Norrie J, Burr J, Campbell B, Bachoo P, Chetter I, Gough M, Earnshaw J, Lees T, Scott J, Baker SA, Francis J, Tassle E, Scotland G, Wileman S, Campbell MK. (Division of Applied Medicine, The Health Services Research Unit, and the Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen; Department of Vascular Surgery, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen; School of Medicine, Medical and Biological Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews; Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter; Department of Vascular Surgery, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull; School of Surgery, University of Leeds, and Vascular Surgery, St James University Hospital, Leeds; Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester; Vascular Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne; Vascular Surgical Unit, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth; and School of Health Sciences, City University London, London, UK.) A randomized trial comparing treatments for varicose veins. N Engl J Med 2014;3711218–23.