Possibilities at present for the application of lumbar sympathectomy in chronic occlusive arterial disease of the lower limbs

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-369

  Matarazzo, A ^a,b   Rosati Tarulli, V ^a   Sassi, O ^a   Florio, A ^a   Tatafiore, M ^a   Molino, C ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial occlusive diseases; Ischemia surgery; Leg blood supply; Peripheral vascular diseases; Sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GANGLIONECTOMY; HUMAN; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; SPINAL GANGLION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GANGLIONECTOMY; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036674308     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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