Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 979-986.e1 , November 2009

Secure fixation following EVAR with the Powerlink XL System in wide aortic necks: Results of a prospective, multicenter trial

Presented at the VEITH Symposium, New York, NY, November 19-23, 2008.

  • William D. Jordan Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr William D. Jordan, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Vascular Surgery, BDB 503, 1808 - 7th Ave. South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0012
    • ,
  • William M. Moore Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, SC
    • ,
  • Jim G. Melton, DO

      Affiliations

    • Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Oklahoma City, Okla
    • ,
  • O. William Brown, MD, JD

      Affiliations

    • William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich
    • ,
  • Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ
    • ,
  • Endologix Investigators

Received 8 March 2009 ,Accepted 27 May 2009.

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 This trial was funded by Endologix, Inc.

 Drs Jordan and Carpenter are paid consultants and are on the Speakers' Bureau of Endologix, Inc.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01193-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.05.057

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 979-986.e1 , November 2009

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