Limb-salvage by femoro-distal bypass and free muscle flap transfer

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-639

  Czerny, M ^b   Trubel, W ^a   Zimpfer, D ^a   Grimm, M ^a   Koller, R ^a   Hofmann, W ^a   Holzenbein, T ^a   Polterauer, P ^a   Girsch, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Waehringer Guertel 18 20   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distal arterial reconstruction; Muscle flap transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FLAP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 2442459853     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.02.028     Document Type: Article

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