title: Boring arteries: television and tubes, a new peripheral vascular surgery?
abstract: Modern methods of recanalizing occluded peripheral blood vessels essentially began with various endarterectomy techniques. However, apart from carotid endarterectomy, none has made a lasting impact, mainly due to poor long-term patency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sandwell District General Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D017546:Angioscopy; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends