Quality of life before and after endovascular and retroperitoneal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 797-803

  Ballard, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Abou Zamzam, Ahmed M ^a,b   Teruya, Theodore H ^a,b   Bianchi, Christian ^a,b   Petersen, Floyd F ^a,c   Quinones, Wiiliam ^a   Zarins, Christopher ^a   Andros, George ^a   Murray, Stephen ^a  

^a Loma Linda University Medical Center ^*

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROPERITONEUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144286294     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.11.037     Document Type: Article

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