Early transposition of the sartorius muscle for exposed patent infrainguinal bypass grafts

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-162

  Schutzer, Richard ^a,b   Hingorani, Anil ^a,b   Ascher, Enrico ^a,b   Markevich, Natalia ^a,b   Kallakuri, Sreedhar ^a,b   Jacob, Theresa ^a,b  

^a Maimonides Medical Center ^*

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON; POLITEF;

AMPUTATION; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFRAINGUINAL BYPASS GRAFT; INGUINAL REGION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NECROSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; WOUND CLOSURE;

AMPUTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 16844382006     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900205     Document Type: Review

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