The AAA with a challenging neck: Outcome of open versus endovascular repair with standard and fenestrated stent-grafts

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-145

  Chisci, Emiliano ^a   Kristmundsson, Thorarinn ^b   De Donato, Gianmarco ^a   Resch, Timothy ^b   Setacci, Francesco ^a   Sonesson, Björn ^b   Setacci, Carlo ^a   Malina, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Fenestrated stent graft; Proximal neck; Stent graft; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67249153450     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/08-2531.1     Document Type: Article

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