Femoral incision morbidity following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-109

  Slappy, A L Jackson ^a   Hakaim, Albert G ^a   Oldenburg, W Andrew ^a   Paz Fumagalli, Ricardo ^a   McKinney, J Mark ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INCISION; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037348162     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440303700204     Document Type: Article

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