How to deal with difficult microsurgical end-to-side anastomoses

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-208

  Verhelle, Nicolas Aubrey Charles ^a   Heymans, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN GRAFT;

ALGORITHMS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; LEG; MICROSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 17044400586     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20100     Document Type: Review

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