Meta-analysis of polytetrafluoroethylene bypass grafts to infrapopliteal arteries

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1263-1269

  Albers, Maximiano ^a,b,d   Battistella, Vinicius Marcus ^a   Romiti, Marcello ^a   Eyer Rodrigues, Alfredo Augusto ^a   Bragança Pereira, Carlos Alberto ^c  

^a Vascular Surgery Section   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Institute for Mathematics and Statistics   (Brazil)

^d Rua Ministro Godoi 1584   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIMB SALVAGE; META ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0038410135     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(02)75332-9     Document Type: Article

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