Re: "Outcomes of elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair among the elderly: Endovascular versus open repair"

Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 855-856

  Pol, Robert A ^a   Reijnen, Michel M P J ^b   Zeebregts, Clark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Location Rijnstate ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORBIDITY; OPEN ANEURYSM REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79957725732     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.03.007     Document Type: Letter

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