A 7-year experience with thoracoscopic sympathectomy for critical upper limb ischemia

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1644-1647

  Lee, Arvind Dhas ^a   Agarwal, Sunil ^a   Sadhu, David ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLEEDING; BUERGER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS;

EID: 33748808441     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0559-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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