The "Sun Window" - A Simple and Effective Alternative to the Use of Background Contrast Material during Microvascular Anastomosis

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 567-569

  Sun, Tzong Bor ^a,b   Hsu, Lee Ping ^b   Chen, Peir Rong ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Background; Microvascular anastomosis; Sun window

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN WINDOW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346118798     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815644     Document Type: Article

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