CASE REPORT

 

Aortocaval fistula – rare complication of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

 

 

M. R. Purdy^I; D. L. Lutrin^II; M. G. Veller^III

^IM.B. CH.B., Vascular Unit, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
^IIM.B. B.CH., F.C.S. (S.A.), Vascular Unit, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
^IIIM.B. B.CH., F.C.S. (S.A.), M.MED. (SURG.), Vascular Unit, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

 

 

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