Endoscopically assisted in situ lower extremity bypass graft: A preliminary report of a new minimally invasive technique

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 668-672

  Suggs, William D ^a   Sanchez, Luis A ^a   Woo, David ^a   Lipsitz, Evan C ^a   Ohki, Takao ^a   Veith, Frank J ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CELLULITIS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR PATENCY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035491984     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.115810     Document Type: Article

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