Are mechanical microvascular anastomoses easier to learn than suture anastomoses?

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 596-598

  Zdolsek, Johann ^a   Ledin, Hakan ^a   Lidman, Disa ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; LEARNING; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGEON; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 28744456103     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20172     Document Type: Article

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