Metallic VCS clips: A suturing technique that is quicker and easier to use than conventional suture in the reconstruction of growing vessels;Clips metálicos VCS: Una técnica de sutura más rápida y fácil de utilizar que la sutura convencional en reconstrucciones de vasos en crecimiento

Angiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 497-509

  Calles Vázqueza, María Del Carmen ^a   Uson Casaus J M ^b   Lima Rodriguez M A ^a   Viguera Salvago, F J ^a   Uson Gargallo J ^a  

^a JESÚS USÓN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY CENTRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Arteries; Growth; Metallic VCS clips; Polypropylene; Time; Veins

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA SURGERY; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTIMA; JUGULAR VEIN; LAMB; METALLIC VCS CLIP; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0346500862     PISSN: 00033170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3170(03)74831-7     Document Type: Article

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