Secondary Arterioenteric Fistulation - A Systematic Literature Analysis

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-42

  Bergqvist, D ^a   Bjorck M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aortoenteric; Arterioenteric; Complications; Fistula; Gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA SURGERY; ARTERY INTESTINE FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STENT; STOMACH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; STOMACH DISEASES; VASCULAR FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149305921     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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