Comparison of argon-laser welded and sutured repair of inferior vena cava in a canine model

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-69

  Hasegawa, Masahiko ^a   Sakurai, Tsunehisa ^a   Matsushita, Masahiro ^a   Nishikimi, Naomichi ^a   Nimura, Yuji ^a   Kobayashi, Miya ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denatured collagen; Tissue welding; Vascular anastomosis; Vein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CAVOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEIN SURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; DOGS; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0034899486     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1087     Document Type: Article

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