Is the mid-inguinal point an accurate landmark for the common femoral artery in vascular patients?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-45

  Hunt, Jeremy A ^a   Harris, John P ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Femoral artery; Surface anatomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0029690765     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb00700.x     Document Type: Article

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