Laser-assisted end-to-end BioWeld® anastomosis in an ovine model

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 667-673

  Wright, B ^a,d   Vicaretti, M ^b   Schwaiger, N ^a   Wu, J ^a   Trickett, R ^a   Morrissey, L ^a   Rohanizadeh, R ^a   Fletcher, J ^b   Maitz, P ^a,c   Harris, M ^a  

^a Avastra Ltd Riverside Life Science Centre   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albumin; Anastomosis; Artery; BioWeld; Laser; Ovine; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; LASER SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; SUTURING METHOD; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; LASER THERAPY; SHEEP; STENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 35148829860     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20541     Document Type: Article

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