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Open surgical revascularization for wound healing: past performance and future directions.

Division of Vascular Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20007, USA.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery (impact factor: 2.74). 01/2011; 127 Suppl 1:154S-162S. DOI:10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182006ea3 pp.154S-162S
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ABSTRACT The goal of lower extremity revascularization is to relieve pain, heal wounds, and prevent amputations by restoration of arterial perfusion. This necessarily brief overview will discuss the indications for vascular reconstruction and the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease, and review of the "open" vascular procedures used for revascularization.

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Keywords

arterial perfusion
 
brief overview
 
lower extremity revascularization
 
peripheral arterial disease
 
vascular reconstruction
 
wounds
 

Richard F Neville