Lumbar sympathectomy in critical limb ischaemia: Surgical, chemical or not at all?

Vascular

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-202

  Holiday, F A C ^a   Barendregt, W B ^a   Slappendel, R ^a   Crul, B J P ^a   Buskens, F G M ^a   Van Der Vliet, J A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arterial insufficiency; critical ischaemia; limb salvage; lumbar sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032956986     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099900700210     Document Type: Article

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