A metaanalysis comparing surgical thrombectomy, mechanical thrombectomy, and pharmacomechanical thrombolysis for thrombosed dialysis grafts

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 939-945

  Green, Lawrence D ^a,b   Lee, Douglas S ^a,b   Kucey, Daryl S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0036847153     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.127524     Document Type: Article

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