PTFE Bypass to Below-knee Arteries: Distal Vein Collar or Not? A Prospective Randomised Multicentre Study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 747-754

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Author keywords

Critical limb ischaemia; Femoro crural; Femoro popliteal; Popliteal arteries; PTFE bypass; Tibial arteries; Vein collar

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AGED; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FEMORODISTAL BYPASS; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VEIN COLLAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 77952883612     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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