Selective use of right retroperitoneal approach for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair according to anatomical characteristics revealed by abdominal computerized tomography [1]

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-255

  Hayashi, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Ohtani, M ^a   Hiraishi, T ^a   Akedo, H ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^a  

^a MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROPERITONEUM; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34250743715     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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