Bipolar anastomosis technique (BAT) enables "fast-to-do", high-quality venous end-to-end anastomosis in a new vascular model

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 772-778

  Schubert, Heinrich M ^a   Hohlrieder, Matthias ^a   Falkensammer, Peter ^b   Jeske, Hans Christian ^a   Moser, Patrizia L ^a   Kolbitsch, Christian ^a   Biebl, Matthias ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Kretz Ultrasound   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Bipolar; End to end; Venous; Welding

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR ANASTOMOSIS TECHNIQUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROAT SURGERY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHICKENS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; JUGULAR VEINS; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33746804978     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200607000-00032     Document Type: Article

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