Wound complications at the groin after peripheral arterial surgery sparing the lymphatic tissue: a double-blind randomized clinical trial

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 747-751

  Ploeg, Arianne J ^a,b   Lardenoye, Jan Willem P ^a,b   Vrancken Peeters, Mark Paul F M ^a   Hamming, Jaap F ^b   Breslau, Paul J ^a  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Surgical technique; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 66149111720     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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