Update experience of surgery for acute limb ischaemia in a district general hospital - Are we getting any better?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 637-640

  Morris Stiff, G ^a   D'souza, J ^a   Raman, S ^a   Paulvannan, S ^a   Lewis, M H ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial emboli; Embolectomy; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; EMBOLECTOMY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIA; LIMB; LIMB SALVAGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; EMBOLECTOMY; EXTREMITIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049091255     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X12486167521271     Document Type: Article

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