Colonic ischemia: The achilles heel of ruptured aortic aneurysm repair

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 557-560

  Piotrowski, Joseph J ^a,b   Ripepi, Antonio J ^a   Yuhas, Joel P ^a   Alexander, J Jeffrey ^a   Brandt, Christopher P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COLON ISCHEMIA; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0029977696     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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