Technical Factors in Lower-Extremity Vein Bypass Surgery: How Can We Improve Outcomes?

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Conte, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CREATIVITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN BYPASS; VEIN DIAMETER; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS;

EID: 71549149970     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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