Vascular Injuries Caused by Acupuncture

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-163

  Bergqvist, D ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Iatrogenic; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; AORTODUODENAL FISTULA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FASCIOTOMY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; POPLITEAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DUODENAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTESTINAL FISTULA; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 46749105075     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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