The problematic inguinal wound in vascular surgery - What is the optimal treatment?

International Journal of Angiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 193-196

  Savolainen, Hannu ^a   Widmer, Matthias K ^a   Heller, Georg ^a   Makaloski, Vladimir ^a   Carrel, Thierry ^a   Schmidli, Juerg ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; AMPUTATION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DACRON IMPLANT; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH FLOW; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT; PHLEBITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 24644524097     PISSN: 10611711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00547-004-0975-0     Document Type: Article

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