Results and cost analysis of distal [crural/pedal] arterial revascularisation for limb salvage in diabetic and non-diabetic patients

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 214-220

  Panayiotopoulos, Y P ^a   Tyrrell, M R ^a   Arnold, F J L ^a   Korzon Burakowska, A ^a   Amiel, S A ^a   Taylor, P R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amputation; cost effectiveness; critical limb ischaemia; diabetes; femorodistal bypass; infrapopliteal bypass; limb salvage; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVASCULARIZATION;

AMPUTATION; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; LEG; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030953824     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199703)14:3<214::AID-DIA339>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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