The Belfast Approach to Managing Complex Lower Limb Vascular Injuries

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 246-256

  Barros D'Sa, A A B ^a   Harkin, D W ^a   Blair, P H B ^a   Hood, J M ^a   McIlrath, E ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belfast approach to management; Complex lower limb vascular injuries; Intraluminal shunting of artery and vein; Pathophysiology of traumatic ischaemia; Shunting and operative discipline

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIMB INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN BYPASS; VEIN GRAFT;

BLOOD VESSELS; FASCIA; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPERFUSION INJURY; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33746051462     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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