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Each year, a particular surgeon performs about 70 operations for aorto-femoral bypass grafting to restore blood supply to the extremities. Initially, he judged the success of the surgery in terms of survival and the saving of limbs. As methods for assessing blood flow in peripheral vessels, and diagnostic and surgical techniques improved, the proportion of patients under the age of 65 years increased. In the course of following his patients, particularly those under 65 years of age, questions arose in the surgeon’s mind about the impact of this surgery on patients’ return to work and sexual functioning.
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Del Greco, L., Williams, J.I., Mulder, D.S. (1986). Organizing a Clinical Study. In: Troidl, H., Spitzer, W.O., McPeek, B., Mulder, D.S., McKneally, M.F. (eds) Principles and Practice of Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96942-3_10
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