A synthetic model for microsurgical training: A surgical contribution to reduce the number of animal experiments

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 204-206

  Weber, D ^a   Moser, N ^a   Rosslein R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Animal testing alternatives; Microsurgery; Polyethylene; Training models; Vascular surgery education

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PHYSICAL MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0030923994     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1071093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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