Financial impact of endoscopic vein harvest for infrainguinal bypass

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 323-330

  Illig, Karl A ^a   Rhodes, Jeffrey M ^a   Sternbach, Yaron ^a   Green, Richard M ^a   Pomposelli, Frank B ^b   Andros, George ^b   Davies, Alun H ^b   Van Bemmene, Paul S ^b   Patterson, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CELLULITIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; INFRAINGUINAL BYPASS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0037323403     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.2     Document Type: Article

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