Endoluminal Stent-Graft Repair of a Thoracic Aortic Transection in a Trauma Patient with Multiple Injuries: Case Report

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 376-381

  Singh, Michael J ^a   Rohrer, Michael J ^a   Ghaleb, Melhem ^a   Kim, DuckSoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA FLOW; AORTA INJURY; AORTA WALL; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; DECELERATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACIC AORTA; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0034877351     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200108000-00026     Document Type: Article

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