Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 61-66 , July 2004

Blunt popliteal artery injury with complete lower limb ischemia: is routine use of temporary intraluminal arterial shunt justified?

  • Ahmed Hossny, FRCS (Ed)

      Affiliations

    • the Vascular Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menofia University, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ahmed Hossny, Surgical Department, King Fahad Hofuf Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia

Received 21 November 2003 ,Accepted 1 March 2004.

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☆ Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(04)00294-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.03.003

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 61-66 , July 2004

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