Impact of endovascular surgery on management of critical lower-limb ischemia in a Vascular Surgery Department

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 429-435

  Heredero, Alvaro Fernández ^a,b   Acín, Francisco ^a,b   March, J R ^a,b   Utrilla, F ^a,b  

^a Hospital Universitario de Getafe ^*

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOLOGY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LEG ULCER; LIFE TABLE; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 26844454507     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900508     Document Type: Review

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