The Persistent Sciatic Artery

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 585-591

  van Hooft, I M ^a   Zeebregts, C J ^b   van Sterkenburg, S M M ^a   de Vries, W R ^a   Reijnen, M M P J ^a  

^a Alysis Zorggroep   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Complication; Persistent sciatic artery; Review

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG AMPUTATION; MORBIDITY; PERSISTENT SCIATIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBECTOMY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG; PROGNOSIS; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67349233804     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.01.014     Document Type: Review

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