Stapled versus hand-sewn vascular anastomoses. An experimental study in the rabbit

European Surgical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-42

  Pauli, S ^b   Lauwers, P ^b   Van Hee, R ^a   Discart, R ^b  

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intimal hyperplasia; Vascular anastomosis; Vascular patency; Vascular stapling

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

EID: 0034098695     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008739     Document Type: Article

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