Rupture of the abdominal aorta following extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-235

  Gugulakis, A G ^a,b   Matsagas, M I ^a   Liapis, C D ^a   Vasdekis, S N ^a   Sechas, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LAPAROTOMY; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031970391     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750004715     Document Type: Article

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