Recent developments in vascular surgery

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7420, 2003, Pages 911-915

  Crane, Jeremy ^a   Cheshire, Nick ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; MASS SCREENING; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN STRIPPING;

EID: 0142042409     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.911     Document Type: Review

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