Surgical treatment of refractory venous stasis ulcer due to a severe impairment of calf muscle pump function: Evaluation by air plethysmography - A case report

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1167-1171

  Sugimoto, Takaki ^a   Okada, Masayoshi ^a   Fukuoka, Masato ^a   Uematsu, Masahisa ^a   Yoshida, Masato ^a   Toyama, Hiromichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LIGATION; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VEIN STRIPPING; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 0029800563     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604701208     Document Type: Article

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