Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 505-509 , September 2009

Iatrogenic injuries of the common femoral artery (CFA) and external iliac artery (EIA) during endograft placement: An underdiagnosed entity

Presented at the Thirty-third Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Tucson, Ariz, January 14, 2009.

Received 27 January 2009 ,Accepted 28 March 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00793-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.050

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 505-509 , September 2009

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