Intraluminal albumin stent assisted laser welding for ureteral anastomosis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 225-229

  Xie, Hua ^a   Shaffer, Brian S ^a   Prahl, Scott A ^a   Gregory, Kenton W ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser; Soldering; Stent; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; GEOMETRY; LASER; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE TYPES; URETER ANASTOMOSIS; URETER STENT; WELDING;

ALBUMINS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; LASER SURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STENTS; SWINE; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036400838     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10090     Document Type: Article

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