Informed consent for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Assessing variations in surgeon opinion through a national survey

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Berman, Loren ^a   Dardik, Alan ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Gusberg, Richard J ^a   Fraenkel, Liana ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 38649091997     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.10.050     Document Type: Article

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