Limb salvage and survival rates among elderly patients with advanced limb ischemia

Surgery Today

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-161

  Ohta, Takashi ^a   Hosaka, Minoru ^a   Ishibashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Sugimoto, Ikuo ^a   Mihara, Eijiro ^a   Hida, Kenji ^a   Takeuchi, Noriyuki ^a   Hachiya, Jin ^a   Kato, Masahiko ^a   Kazui, Hideki ^a   Nagata, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced ischemia; Elderly; Limb salvage; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 14444269194     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050098     Document Type: Article

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