Pseudoaneurysm formation following carotid endarterectomy: Two case reports and a literature review

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 678-680

  Litwinski, Roman A ^a   Wright, Kenneth ^b   Pons, Peter ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUSCLE FLAP; PATCH ANGIOPLASTY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33845670803     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9060-9     Document Type: Article

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