Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms in over 65-years-old men with inguinal hernias

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 386-388

  Anderson, Oliver ^a   Shiralkar, Sandy ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COHORT STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48249102297     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X285937     Document Type: Article

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