Cost-effective aortic exposure: A retroperitoneal experience

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Ballard, Jeffrey L ^a   Yonemoto, Holly ^a   Killeen, J David ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0033973274     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169910001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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