Should patients with infrainguinal arterial bypasses using autologous vein conduit undergo follow-up surveillance with duplex ultrasound?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-41

  Healy, D A ^a   Keogh, C ^a   Bashar, K ^a   Sahebally, S M ^a   Clarke Moloney, M ^b   Walsh, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bypass; Duplex ultrasound; Infrainguinal bypass; Peripheral vascular disease; Vein graft

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFRAINGUINAL ARTERIAL BYPASS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; VEIN GRAFT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS;

EID: 84921517726     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.11.024     Document Type: Article

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