Effects of omental wrap on performance of small-caliber high-porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-180

  Hazama, Kazuaki ^a   Nishibe, Toshiya ^a   Shimada, Toshifumi ^a   Miura, Hidehiko ^a   Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Kondoh, Satoru ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Yasuhiro Okuda, M S ^a,b   Katoh, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capillary ingrowth; Dogs; ePTFE; Omentum

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0033079647     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1998.5497     Document Type: Article

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