The role of polytetrafluoroethylene graft material in Buerger's disease

International Journal of Angiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 188-190

  Bozkurt, A Kursat ^a,b   Tuzun, Hasan ^a   Sayin, Ayla Gurel ^a   Karaozbek, Yilmaz ^a   Koksal, Cengiz ^a   Ozer, Mehmet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BUERGER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031807575     PISSN: 10611711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01617390     Document Type: Article

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