Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene in External Valvuloplasty for Superficial or Deep Vein Incompetence

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2000, Pages S27-S32

  Belcaro, G ^a,b   Nicolaides, A N ^a,b   Errichi, B M ^a,b   Incandela, L ^a,b   de Sanctis, M T ^a,b   Laurora, G ^a,b   Ricci, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THROMBOSIS; VALVULOPLASTY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0033869979     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100804     Document Type: Article

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