Coupling the venous anastomosis: Safe and simple

Microsurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 414-416

  De Bruijn, Hans P ^a   Marck, Klaas W ^b  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNICAL AID; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 0031452234     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1996)17:7<414::AID-MICR12>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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