Critical Analysis of Clinical Success after Surgical Bypass for Lower-Extremity Ischemic Tissue Loss Using a Standardized Definition Combining Multiple Parameters: A New Paradigm of Outcomes Assessment

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 831-838

  Taylor, Spence M ^a   Cull, David L ^a   Kalbaugh, Corey A ^a   Cass, Anna L ^a   Harmon, Sarah Anne ^a   Langan III, Eugene M ^a   Youkey, Jerry R ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GRAFT PATENCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR PATENCY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34247531813     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.037     Document Type: Article

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