Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , July 2009

Open abdomen treatment following endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

  • Dieter Mayer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dieter Mayer, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, CH
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  • Zoran Rancic, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Christoph Meier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Thomas Pfammatter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Frank J. Veith, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Cleveland Clinic and New York University Medical Center, New York, and University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Mario Lachat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Received 19 October 2008 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)02267-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.12.030

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , July 2009