Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 216-217 , July 2008

Experience with covered stents for the management of hemodialysis polytetrafluoroethylene graft seromas

  • Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nicholas J. Gargiulo III, MD, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Vascular Surgery, MAP 4, Bronx, NY 10467.
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  • Frank J. Veith, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation/New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.
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  • Larry A. Scher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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  • Evan C. Lipsitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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  • William D. Suggs, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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  • Raquel M. Benros, DO

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Received 20 November 2007 ,Accepted 23 January 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00183-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.046

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 216-217 , July 2008

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