Is sympathectomy of benefit in critical leg ischaemia not amenable to revascularisation?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 478-483

  Sanni, Aliu ^a   Hamid, Arief ^a   Dunning, Joel ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical leg ischaemia; Evidence based medicine; Sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 30744465077     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.115410     Document Type: Article

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