Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1408-1413 , December 2008

Repair of complex renal artery aneurysms by laparoscopic nephrectomy with ex vivo repair and autotransplantation

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Las Vegas, Nev, Mar 5-8, 2008.

Received 16 May 2008 ,Accepted 10 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.015

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1408-1413 , December 2008

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