Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , January 2009

Complications of spinal fluid drainage in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: A report of 486 patients treated from 1987 to 2008

Presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery meeting, San Diego, Calif, June 5-8, 2008.

Received 28 May 2008 ,Accepted 25 July 2008.

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PII: S0741-5214(08)01283-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.076

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , January 2009

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