Upper Extremity Angiographic Patterns in Systemic Sclerosis: Implications for Surgical Treatment

Conventional angiography is often used in the preoperative work-up of hand surgery patients with systemic sclerosis. The goal of this study was to propose a classification system based on the pattern of arterial involvement in a series of upper extremity angiograms. The authors hypothesized that this classification system would demonstrate high inter- and intrarater reliability.
Source: The Journal of Hand Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Scientific article Source Type: research