Anatomical variation at the saphenofemoral junction

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-325

  Donnelly, M ^a   Tierney, S ^a   Feeley, T M ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; EXTERNAL PUDENDAL ARTERY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LONG SAPHENOUS VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SAPHENOFEMORAL JUNCTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VARICOSIS; VEIN; VEIN SURGERY; FEMORAL VEIN; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 15944417892     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4822     Document Type: Article

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