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KCE reports 164C
Title: Diagnosis and treatment of varicose veins in the legs
Authors: Felicity Allen (Abacus International ® ), Michel Kroes (Abacus
International ® ), Stephen Mitchell (Abacus International ® ), Françoise
Mambourg (KCE), Dominique Paulus (KCE)
External experts: Anthony Chullikal (Ziekenhuis Park Leopold, Brussels), Filip Cools
(Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Leuven), Jean-Paul Haxhe
(Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies), Veerle Laeremans (Salvator Ziekenhuis,
Hasselt), Yves Louagie (Cliniques UCL, Mont-Godinne), Thierry
Puttemans (Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies), Caren Randon (Universitair
Ziekenhuis, Gent), Claude Vannieuwenhuyse (RIZIV, Brussels), Katelijne
Van Slembroek (Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk), Marc Vuylsteke (Sint-
Andries Ziekenhuis, Tielt)
Acknowledgement: Luc Hourlay (KCE)
External validators: Marianne De Maeseneer (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam), Patrick Haentjens
(Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Leuven), Ivan Staelens
(Universitair Ziekenhuis, Brussels)
Conflicts of interest declared by experts and validators
I. Staelens declared having been remunerated for a statement during a
conference and for a publication. K. Van Slembroek declared having
received travel expenses to participate in a conference. M. Vuylsteke
declared having received research funds from the industry and to have
been remunerated for a statement made during a conference and for a
publication.
Disclaimer: The external experts were consulted on a (preliminary) version
of the scientific report. Their comments were discussed during
meetings. They are not co-authors of the scientific report and
do not necessarily agree with its contents.
- A (final) version was then submitted to the validators. The
validation of the report results from a consensus of a majority
vote between the validators. They are not co-authors of the
scientific report and did not necessarily all three agree with its
contents.
- Finally this report was approved unanimously by the Board of
Directors.
- The KCE is solely responsible for any errors or incompleteness
remaining as well as for the recommendations to the
government.
Lay-out: Ine Verhulst
Brussels, October 4 th 2011
Study n° 2010-01
Field: Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
MeSH: Varicose veins; Diagnosis; Therapeutics
NLM Classification: WG 620
Language: English