Using human hair as suture material in microsurgical practice

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-39

  Eroǧlu, Lütfi ^a   Güneren, Ethem ^a   Akbaş, Hayati ^a   Demir, Ahmet ^a   Uysal, Ata ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hair; Microsuture

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; LEARNING; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCALP HAIR; TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANIMALS; HAIR; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0037270401     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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