Local anaesthetic for lower-limb revascularization in high-risk patients

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1096-1098

  Mackay, C A ^a   Razik, W ^a   Simms, M H ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0030754502     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840816     Document Type: Article

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