Polytetrafluoroethylene for Microarterial Prosthetic Grafts

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 211-216

  Derman, Gordon H ^a   Reichman, O Howard ^a   Willman, V L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PLACEBO; POLITEF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT PATENCY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RATS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VEINS;

EID: 0019351796     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380140057013     Document Type: Article

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