Infections of stent grafts following EVAR of AAA - An underestimated problem?

EJVES Extra

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Gawenda, M ^a   Aleksic, M ^a   Heckenkamp, J ^a   Krueger, K ^a   Brunkwall, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endovascular aneurysm repair; Infection; Stent graft prosthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844439676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15333167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2004.05.013     Document Type: Article

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