Insulation of simultaneous arterial and nerve repairs in the rat: The effectiveness of the autologous vein graft

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 51-53

  Tuncali, Dogan ^a   Cigsar, Bulent ^a   Talim, Beril ^b   Barutcu, Ayse Yuksel ^a   Aslan, Gurcan ^a  

^a Department of Gastroenterology   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artery; Graft; Microsurgery; Nerve; Repair; Vein

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 13644263843     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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