A new type of magnification system in free microvascular tissue transfer: Varioscope M5

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-535

  Chiummariello, Stefano ^a   Fioramonti, Paolo ^a,c   Menichini, Giulio ^b   Scuderi, Nicolò ^a   Alfano, Carmine ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; DEVICE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34948845019     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20399     Document Type: Article

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