Disruption of skin perfusion following longitudinal groin incision for infrainguinal bypass surgery

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-8

  Raza, Z ^a   Harrison, D K ^a   McCollum, P T ^a   Stonebridge, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groin; Infrainguinal; Oxygenation; Spectrophotometry; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; OXYGENATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN INCISION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WOUND; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032994902     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1998.0651     Document Type: Article

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