The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 106-108 , August 1995

Prospective study of the value of prebypass saphenous vein angioscopy

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☆ This work was supported, in part, by the James Hilton Manning and Emma Austin Manning Foundation, The Anna S. Bronw Trust, and The New York Institute for Vascular Studies.

☆☆ Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 22–26, 1995.

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The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 106-108 , August 1995

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