Long-term surveillance with computed tomography after endovascular aneurysm repair may not be justified

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1280-1283

  Black, S A ^a   Carrell, T W G ^a   Bell, R E ^a   Waltham, M ^a   Reidy, J ^a   Taylor, P R ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INFRARENAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STENTS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350507213     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6732     Document Type: Article

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