Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 133-136 , March 2007

Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Does Trauma Center Designation Affect Outcome?

  • Farida Bounoua

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Rob Schuster

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Prabhjot Grewal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Kenneth Waxman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Paul Cisek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Sansum Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Paul Cisek, MD, Sansum Santa Barbara Clinic, 317 West Pueblo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA

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 Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Southern California Vascular Surgical Society, La Quinta, CA, May 13-15, 2005.

PII: S0890-5096(07)00067-2

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.01.003

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 133-136 , March 2007

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