Vascular complications of drug abuse: An indian experience

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1004-1007

  Behera, Arunanshu ^a   Menakuru, Somasekhar R ^a   Jindal, Ravul ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Femoral artery; Groin pseudoaneurysm; Infected pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXPERIENCE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE CULTURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0346158443     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.t01-11-.x     Document Type: Review

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