Value of routine computed tomography in the preoperative assessment of abdominal aneurysm replacement

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1076-1081

  Lamah, Marc ^a,b   Darke, Simon ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032872535     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900626     Document Type: Article

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