Vascular closure staples reduce intimal hyperplasia in prosthesis implantation

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 862-866

  Hawthorne, Wayne J ^a   Ao, Peng Y ^a   Fletcher, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intimal hyperplasia; Vascular closure staples; Vascular graft; Vascular prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HYPERPLASIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036917689     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.t01-1-02588.x     Document Type: Article

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