Effect of diameter of microvascular interposition vein grafts on vessel patency and free flap survival in the rat model

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-157

  Harris, Jeffrey R ^a   Seikaly, Hadi ^a,c   Calhoun, Karen ^b   Daugherty, Elillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microsurgery; Microvascular anastomoses; Vein graft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOGENESIS; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MESENTERIC VEINS; MICROSURGERY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032975982     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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