Aortic Paraprosthetic-colonic Fistulae: A Review of the Literature

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 682-692

  Leon Jr , L R ^a,b   Mills Sr , J L ^a,b   Psalms, S B ^a   Kasher, J ^a   Kim, J ^a   Ihnat, D M ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorto colonic fistula; Aorto enteric fistula; Aorto intestinal fistula; Aortoenteric erosion; Paraprosthetic colonic fistula; Paraprosthetic enteric fistula

Indexed keywords

DACRON; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA SURGERY; BYPASS SURGERY; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON FISTULA; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MELENA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC RUPTURE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 35848941939     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.07.003     Document Type: Review

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