Dacron or ePTFE graft for above-knee femoropopliteal bypass reconstruction. A bi-centre randomised study

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Davidovic, L ^a   Jakovljevic, N ^a   Radak, D ^a   Dragas, M ^a   Ilic, N ^a   Koncar, I ^a   Markovic, D ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dacron; ePTFE; Femoropopliteal bypass

Indexed keywords

DACRON; POLITEF;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLAUDICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEG ARTERY; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 77749270924     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000008     Document Type: Article

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