Brittenden, JulieCooper, DavidDimitrova, MariaScotland, GrahamCotton, Seonaidh C.Elders, AndrewMacLennan, GraemeRamsay, Craig R.Norrie, JohnBurr, Jennifer M.Campbell, BruceBachoo, PaulChetter, IanGough, MichaelEarnshaw, JonothanLees, TimScott, JulianBaker, Sara A.Tassie, EmmaFrancis, JillCampbell, Marion K.2020-03-052020-03-052019-09-05Brittenden, J, Cooper, D, Dimitrova, M, Scotland, G, Cotton, S C, Elders, A, MacLennan, G, Ramsay, C R, Norrie, J, Burr, J M, Campbell, B, Bachoo, P, Chetter, I, Gough, M, Earnshaw, J, Lees, T, Scott, J, Baker, S A, Tassie, E, Francis, J & Campbell, M K 2019, 'Five-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Treatments for Varicose Veins', The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 381, no. 10, pp. 912-922. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa18051860028-4793Mendeley: 8e2efed7-9aa3-3f37-b29f-0aa63b13ceb5ORCID: /0000-0003-4043-7349/work/84131508ORCID: /0000-0001-5386-4097/work/91892217ORCID: /0000-0002-1039-5646/work/98038667https://hdl.handle.net/2164/13810Supported by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Program (Project number 06/45/02). The Health Services Research Unit is core-funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate. Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) or the Department of Health and Social Care. A data sharing statement provided by the authors is available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org. We thank Janice Cruden for secretarial support and data management; Gladys McPherson, Mark Forrest, and the programming team at the Centre for Healthcare Randomized Trials; members of the Project Management Group for ongoing advice and support of the trial; the independent members of the trial steering committee and data and safety monitoring committee; and the staff at recruitment sites who facilitated recruitment, treatment, and follow-up of trial participants.11301645engCLINICAL-TRIALCONVENTIONAL SURGERYCOST-EFFECTIVENESSENDOVENOUS LASER-ABLATIONFOLLOW-UPGREAT SAPHENOUS-VEINGUIDED FOAM SCLEROTHERAPYHEALTHHIGH LIGATIONQUALITY-OF-LIFER Medicine (General)General MedicineNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR)06/45/02Supplementary DataR1Journal article10.1056/NEJMoa1805186https://www.nejm.org/author-center/permissionshttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31483962http://www.mendeley.com/research/fiveyear-outcomes-randomized-trial-treatments-varicose-veinshttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071738130&partnerID=8YFLogxK38110