Excimer Laser Assisted Non-occlusive Anastomosis (ELANA). Our experience with a training model in vivo

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Russo, G ^a   Rotondo, M ^b   Punzo, A ^a   Di Napoli, D ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain revascularization; Bypass surgery; ELANA; Excimer Laser Non occlusive Anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; EXCIMER LASER; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; JUGULAR VEINS; LASERS; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS; TEACHING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM CURETTAGE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34249804802     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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