Clinical experience in end-to-side venous anastomoses with a microvascular anastomotic coupling device in head and neck reconstruction

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 869-872

  DeLacure, Mark D ^a   Kuriakose, M Abraham ^a   Spies, Alice L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032801538     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.8.869     Document Type: Article

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