Can minilaparotomy abdominal aortic aneurysm repair be performed safely and effectively without special skills?

Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 390-395

  Morishita, Kiyofumi ^a   Kawaharada, Nobuyoshi ^a   Fukada, Jhoji ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a   Baba, Toshio ^a   Abe, Tomio ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SKILL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037396516     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2003.115     Document Type: Article

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