Long-term results of femorotibial bypass with vein or polytetrafluoroethylene

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 934-938

  Sayers, R D ^a,b   Raptis, S ^a   Berce, M ^a   Miller, J H ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMOROTIBIAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 0031852488     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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