SynthesisInternational wound journal2019
Comparison of endovenous laser treatment and high ligation in treatment of limb varicosity: A meta-analysis.
Synthesis in International wound journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of endovenous laser treatment and high ligation in treatment of limb varicosity: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2019Pooled it
- RETRACTION: Comparison of Endovenous Laser Treatment and High Ligation in Treatment of Limb Varicosity: A Meta-Analysis.International wound journal · 2025Article
- Therapies of varicose veins: Protocol for the reporting and methodological quality of pairwise meta-analyses.Medicine · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
- Retracted
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
To assess the efficacy and safety of endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) and high ligation (HL) for limb varicosity using meta-analysis. Multiple databases including PubMed, Springer, Excerpta Medica Database, Ovid Technologies, and China Journal Full-text database were searched for relevant studies in English or Chinese, and full-text articles were used to compare EVLT and HL for limb varicosity. Review Manager 5.0 was used to estimate the effects of the results among eligible articles. Forest plots, sensitivity analysis, and bias analysis of the included articles were also conducted. Initial screening yielded 1031 studies, 11 randomised controlled trials involving 1145 limb varicosity patients met the inclusion criteria in this study. The results of the heterogeneity test suggested that intraoperative blood loss mean difference (MD) = -6.31[-9.03, -3.60], P < 0.00001), operative time (MD) = -39.76[-42.27, -37.24], P < 0.00001), rate of complications (odds ratio [OR] = 0.37[0.22, 0.61], P < 0.0001), and recurrence (OR = 0.28[0.16, 0.49], P < 0.0001) were significantly different. Although both EVLT and HL have their own merits and demerits, EVLT is a more effective and safe method to treat limb varicosity.
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