Infragenicular polytetrafluoroethylene bypass with distal vein cuffs for limb salvage: A contemporary series

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 487-494

  Lauterbach, Stephen R ^a,b   Torres, Gustavo A ^a   Andros, George ^a   Oblath, Robert W ^a   Valentine, R James ^b   Debord, James ^b   Hans, Sachinder ^b  

^a Section of Vascular Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AGED; BYPASS SURGERY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLAUDICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LEG; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERONEUS ARTERY; POLITEF IMPLANT; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TIBIAL ARTERY;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 18144381539     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.5.487     Document Type: Review

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