Venous reflux surgery promotes venous leg ulcer healing despite reduced Ankle Brachial Pressure Index

International Angiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-246

  Obermayer, A ^a,b   Gostl K ^a   Partsch, H ^b   Benesch, T ^c  

^a Karl Landsteiner Society   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna ^*  (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Surgery; Varicose ulcer; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCER HEALING; VEIN SURGERY; VENOUS REFLUX; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 47249095045     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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