title: Open surgical revascularization for wound healing: past performance and future directions.
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.
authors.affiliation: Washington, D.C. From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center.
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Neville
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures