Minimal and direct access aortoiliac reconstructive surgery.
Despite improvements in surgical practice and postoperative care, the large transperitoneal approaches used in elective aortic reconstructive surgery are still associated with a relatively high perioperative morbidity and mortality rate, even in patients who are good risks for undergoing aortic surgery.,,2This perioperative morbidity is partly caused by major surgical trauma.
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