Influence of transmetatarsal amputation in patients requiring lower extremity distal revascularization

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 845-849

  Glass, Holly ^a   Rowe, Vincent L ^a   Hood, Douglas B ^a   Yellin, Albert E ^a   Weaver, Fred A ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AMPUTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644402516     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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