Secondary Aortoenteric Fistulas Versus Paraprosthetic Erosions: Is Bleeding Associated with a Worse Outcome?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 922-927

  Valentine, R James ^a   Timaran, Carlos H ^a   Modrall, Gregory J ^a   Smith, Stephen T ^a   Arko, Frank R ^a   Clagett, G Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE BYPASS; INTESTINE NECROSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 55949100984     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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