A clinical comparison of Dacron patch closure of small-caliber carotids compared with primary closure of large-caliber carotids after endarterectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 378-382

  Bhattacharya, Vishwanath ^a   Ghali, Rafik ^b   El Massry, Sherif ^a   Saad, Ehab ^b   Zammit, Michael ^a   Rodriguez, Dirk ^b   Spencer, Merrill P ^a   Sauvage, Lester R ^b  

^a HOPE HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032921149     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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