Technical experiences with a microsurgical model of lymphatic reconstruction after intestinal transplantation in rats

Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-112

  Kellersmann, Richard ^a   Grant, David ^a,b,c   Zhong, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033004222     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1999)19:2<108::AID-MICR13>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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