Floppy aortic graft reconstruction for germ cell tumor invasion of the infrarenal aorta

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 889-891

  Jerius, John T ^a,b   Elmajian, Donald A ^a   Rimmer, David M ^a   Spires, Kevin S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DACRON IMPLANT; FALSE ANEURYSM; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0345074168     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.156     Document Type: Article

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