Failed femorocrural reconstruction does not prejudice amputation level

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 1479-1481

  Tsang, G M K ^a   Crowson, M C ^b   Hickey, N C ^a   Simms, M H ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Good Hope District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMPUTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0026320099     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800781223     Document Type: Article

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