Twenty-one cases of aortoenteric fistula: Lessons for the general surgeon

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 583-587

  Cendan, Juan C ^a   Thomas IV, John B ^b   Seeger, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; COLON DISEASE; DUODENUM DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; COLONIC DISEASES; DUODENAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; VASCULAR FISTULA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 3843150505     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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