Surgical conversion of abdominal aortic stent-grafts - Outcome and technical considerations

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-41

  Tiesenhausen, Kurt ^a   Hessinger, M ^a   Konstantiniuk, P ^a   Tomka, M ^a   Baumann, A ^a   Thalhammer, M ^a   Portugaller, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Conversion; Failed stent graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTODUODENAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29744464921     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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