Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 6-9 , January 2009

Brief Report: Do Patients With Poor Outcomes Regret Having Had Infrainguinal Bypass Surgery?1

  • Margaret L. Schwarze, M.D., M.P.P.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
    • MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationTo whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at Division of General Surgery, University of Wisconsin, G5/315 CSC, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53792
    • ,
  • Maliha A. Sayla, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois

Received 14 March 2007

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PII: S0022-4804(07)00371-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.05.019

Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 6-9 , January 2009

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