An absorbable pinned-ring device for microvascular anastomosis of vein grafts: Experimental studies

Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 128-134

  Qu, Wei ^a   Muneshige, Hiroshi ^a   Ikuta, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GRAFT PATENCY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTIC TISSUE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE; FEMORAL ARTERY; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; RABBITS; SAFETY; STAINLESS STEEL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 0032914228     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1999)19:3<128::AID-MICR2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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