Outcomes after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in those years of age: Recent veterans affairs experience

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-112

  Kazmers, Andris ^a,c   Perkins, Anthony J ^b   Jacobs, Lloyd A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031931416     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900125     Document Type: Article

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