Microvascular anastomosis in an optical cavity: Is it possible?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 294-298

  El Shazly, Mohamed M ^a   El Sonbaty, Mostafa A ^b   Kamel, Assem H ^b   Zaki, Mohamed S ^b   Baumeister, Ruediger G ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKILL; WOUND CLOSURE; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 1242264446     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000080725.21930.44     Document Type: Article

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