Impact of femoro-distal bypass on major lower limb amputation rate

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-37

  Quigley, Frank G ^a,b   Ling, Juanita ^a   Avramovic, John ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bypass; Major amputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0031962596     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04633.x     Document Type: Article

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