A meta-analysis of 50 years of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 714-730

  Bown, M J ^a,b   Sutton, A J ^a   Bell, P R F ^a   Sayers, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PUBLICATION BIAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036274867     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02122.x     Document Type: Article

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