Dacron or ePTFE for Femoro-popliteal Above-Knee Bypass Grafting: Short- and Long-term Results of a Multicentre Randomised Trial

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-463

  van Det, R J ^a   Vriens, B H R ^a   van der Palen, J ^a   Geelkerken, R H ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dacron; Femoro popliteal bypass; Peripheral arterial occlusive disease; Peripheral bypass; Polyester; PTFE

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DACRON; POLITEF; POLYESTER; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BYPASS SURGERY; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 61849137771     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.11.041     Document Type: Article

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