Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest for femoral to below the knee arterial bypass using saphenous vein graft

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-288

  Gazoni, Leo M ^a   Carty, Rebecca ^a   Skinner, John ^a   Cherry, Kenneth J ^a   Harthun, Nancy L ^a   Kron, Irving L ^a   Tribble, Curtis G ^a   Kern, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SMOKING; TOBACCO; VASCULAR PATENCY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33746493439     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.03.047     Document Type: Article

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