Management of mixed arterial and venous leg ulcers

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1104-1107

  Humphreys, M L ^a   Stewart, A H R ^a   Gohel, M S ^a   Taylor, M ^a   Whyman, M R ^a   Poskitt, K R ^a  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LEG ULCER; LIFE TABLE METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCER HEALING; VENOUS REFLUX; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPERFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 35448988563     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5757     Document Type: Article

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