Incision and abdominal wall hernias in patients with aneurysm or occlusive aortic disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1150-1154

  Raffetto, Joseph D ^a,e   Cheung, Yeukki ^b   Fisher, Jay B ^c   Cantelmo, Nancy L ^d   Watkins, Michael T ^d   LaMorte, Wayne W ^b   Menzoian, James O ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Progressive Physician Associates   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROTOMY; LERICHE SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AORTA DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HERNIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HERNIA; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0037734222     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00147-2     Document Type: Article

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