Patency of the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery in patients with vascular disease

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Halvorson, Eric G ^a   Taylor, Helena O B ^b   Orgill, Dennis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEEP FEMORAL ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL ARTERY; LEG; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 38049066974     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000293862.68476.97     Document Type: Article

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