Table 2.

Study protocol items of the trial

	Study period
	Screening	Procedure	3 days	1 month	3 months	6 months	12 months	24 months
Outpatient visit	√		√	√	√	√	√	√
Physical examination	√		√	√	√	√	√	√
Duplex examination	√		√		√		√	√
Inclusion criteria	√
Randomization		√
VCSS	√			√	√	√	√	√
Quality of life score – AVVQ	√			√	√	√	√	√
VAS pain score	√	√	√
Ecchymosis			√	√
Other adverse events		√	√	√	√	√	√	√

VCSS Venous Clinical Severity Score, AVVQ Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire, VAS Visual Analog Scale