Prospective randomized study of carbon-impregnated polytetrafluoroethylene grafts for below-knee popliteal and distal bypass: Results at 2 years

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 596-603

  Bacourt, François ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS   (France)

^b Assoc Univ de Rech en Chirurgie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; POLITEF;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030701944     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900097     Document Type: Article

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