Surgery versus thrombolysis for initial management of acute limb ischaemia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Berridge, David C ^a   Kessel, David O ^b   Robertson, Iain ^c  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLIZATION; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGERY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ISCHEMIA; LEG; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891670313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002784.pub2     Document Type: Review

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