Retroperitoneal Approach for Aortic Surgery: Is it Worth it?

Vascular

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-26

  Arko, Frank R ^a   Bohannon, William T ^a   Mettauer, Mark ^a   Lee, Shirley D ^a   Patterson, Donald E ^a   Manning, Larry G ^a   Buckley, Clifford J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETROPERITONEUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AORTA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0035189056     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090100900105     Document Type: Article

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