Immediate endovascular stent-graft repair of an acute traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta: Case report and subject review

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 47-50

  Duncan, Ian C ^a   Wright, Neil C ^a   Fingleson, Leslie M ^a   Coetzee, Jan I C ^a  

^a Sunninghill Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942722477     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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