Management of brachial artery pseudoaneurysms secondary to drug abuse

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 657-661

  Siu, Wing Tai ^a   Kwok, Kay Yau ^b   Cheung, Hester Yiu Shan ^b   Law, Bonita Ka Bo ^a   Chung, Ngai Tang ^b   Yang, George Pei Cheung ^b   Li, Michael Ka Wah ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; EVALUATION; EXCISION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIGATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORBIDITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PAIN; PATIENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVASCULARIZATION; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 24044521041     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-005-6836-2     Document Type: Article

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