Vascular anastomosis using a biodegradable device with a heat-shrinking sleeve: A preliminary report

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1404-1409

  Bähr, Wolfgang ^a,b   Rosbander, Roland ^a   Gutwald, Ralf ^a   Scholz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CUFF; DEVICE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 0031727931     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(98)90405-0     Document Type: Article

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