Prosthetic bypass with a distal vein patch for limb salvage

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-176

  Neville, Richard F ^a   Attinger, Christopher ^a   Sidawy, Anton N ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN BYPASS; VEIN PROSTHESIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LIFE TABLES; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 0030867991     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00091-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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