Tracheal replacements: Part 1

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-505

  Kucera, Kristin A ^a   Doss, Amy E ^a   Dunn, Sarah S ^a   Clemson, Lindsey A ^b   Zwischenberger, Joseph B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GRAFTS; PROSTHETICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CURRENT TRACHEAL; TRACHEAL RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEAL STENTING; TUBE CONSTRUCTION;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AUTOGRAFT; DEVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SILASTIC TUBE; STENT; TRACHEA; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRACHEA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34547662960     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3180616b5d     Document Type: Review

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