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J. Virkkunen
Publications - 3
Citations - 65
J. Virkkunen is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amputation & Vascular surgery. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 59 citations.
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Lower limb amputations: Differences between the genders and long-term survival
TL;DR: The amputation incidence was found to be higher in men compared to women in all etiologic subgroups except malignant tumour and subjects with diabetes had a poorer survival after major amputation than those without diabetes.
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Symptoms, clinical disability scores and reflux in complicated and uncomplicated primary varicose veins:
J. Saarinen,M. Heikkinen,Velipekka Suominen,J. Virkkunen,Rainer Zeitlin,K. Rasku,R. Saaristo,J. Vainio,I. Nordback,Juha-Pekka Salenius +9 more
TL;DR: Leg symptoms are frequent throughout classes C1-6 and their clinical usefulness is therefore limited, and the whole saphenous vein is more frequently insufficient in complicated disease.
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Preoperative physical examination for primary vascular access--reliability in determining vessel quality.
Velipekka Suominen,M. Heikkinen,L Keski-Nisula,Jukka Saarinen,J. Virkkunen,Juha-Pekka Salenius +5 more
TL;DR: According to this study, preoperative physical examination seems to be reliable and adequate method in determining vessel quality prior primary vascular access surgery, and its specificity is high in determining patent inflow and outflow vessels.