Effect of gender on long-term survival after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair based on results from the Medicare national database

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-

  Egorova, Natalia N ^a   Vouyouka, Ageliki G ^b   McKinsey, James F ^c   Faries, Peter L ^b   Kent, K Craig ^d   Moskowitz, Alan J ^a   Gelijns, Annetine ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; OPEN ANEURYSM REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TISSUE ADHESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959821551     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.12.049     Document Type: Article

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