Facilitated vascular anastomoses: The one-shot device

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1041-1044

  Nataf, Patrick ^b   Hinchliffe, Peter ^b   Manzo, Scott ^b   Simpson, James ^b   Kirsch, Wolff M ^a   Zhu, Yong Hua ^b   Anton, Toomas ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLIP; CONFERENCE PAPER; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPLER; SUTURE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032168412     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00707-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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