Brittenden, JulieCotton, Seonaidh CElders, AndrewRamsay, Craig RNorrie, JohnBurr, JenniferCampbell, BruceBachoo, PaulChetter, IanGough, MichaelEarnshaw, JonothanLees, TimScott, JulianBaker, Sara AFrancis, JillTassie, EmmaScotland, GrahamWileman, SamanthaCampbell, Marion Kay2015-03-252015-03-252014-09-25Brittenden, J, Cotton, S C, Elders, A, Ramsay, C R, Norrie, J, Burr, J, Campbell, B, Bachoo, P, Chetter, I, Gough, M, Earnshaw, J, Lees, T, Scott, J, Baker, S A, Francis, J, Tassie, E, Scotland, G, Wileman, S & Campbell, M K 2014, 'A randomized trial comparing treatments for varicose veins', The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 371, no. 13, pp. 1218-1227. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa14007810028-4793ORCID: /0000-0003-4043-7349/work/84131330ORCID: /0000-0002-1031-1449/work/84132034ORCID: /0000-0001-5386-4097/work/91892054http://hdl.handle.net/2164/4350Supported by a grant from the Health Technology Assessment Programme of the National Institute for Health Research (06/45/02). The Health Services Research Unit is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorate. We thank Janice Cruden for her secretarial support and data management; Gladys McPherson and the programming team at the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials; Tracey Davidson, Lynda Constable, Jackie Ellington, Laura Elliott, and Yvonne Fernie for help with scoring the Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire; Luke Vale and Laura Ternent, our original economists in the group; members of the Project Management Group for their ongoing advice and support of the trial; members of the study team (Graeme MacLennan, Maria Prior, and Denise Bolsover) who contributed to the behavioral recovery component of the trial; the independent members of the trial steering committee (Alun Davies [chair], Ian Loftus, and Jane Nixon) and the data and safety monitoring committee (Gerry Stansby [chair], Winston Banya, and Marcus Flather); and the staff members at recruitment sites (see the Supplementary Appendix) who facilitated recruitment, treatment, and follow-up of trial participants.10428892engR MedicineNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR)06/45/02Chief Scientist Office (CSO)Supplementary DataRJournal article10.1056/NEJMoa140078137113