Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 790-798 , October 2009

Prophylactic use of the silver-acetate–coated graft in arterial occlusive disease: A retrospective, comparative study

  • Axel Larena-Avellaneda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery I, University of Würzburg, Medical School, Würzburg, Germany
    • Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Axel Larena-Avellaneda, MD, Department of Surgery I, University of Würzburg, Medical School, Oberdürrbacher Str 6, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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  • Sonja Russmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery I, University of Würzburg, Medical School, Würzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Martin Fein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery I, University of Würzburg, Medical School, Würzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Eike Sebastian Debus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery I, University of Würzburg, Medical School, Würzburg, Germany
    • Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Received 20 October 2008 ,Accepted 4 May 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01008-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.05.003

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 790-798 , October 2009

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