Strategies for the reduction of live animal use in microsurgical training and education

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-160

  Schöffl, Harald ^a,b,c   Froschauer, Stefan M ^a,b   Dunst, Karin M ^b   Hager, Dietmar ^a,b   Kwasny, Oskar ^a,b   Huemer, Georg M ^b  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b maz Mikrochirurgisches Ausbildungs und Forschungszentrum   (Austria)

^c Centre for Alternatives and Complementary Methods to Animal Testing (zet)   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animals; Education; Microsurgery; Rat; Reduction; Training

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSCOPY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHICKEN; CORONARY ARTERY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWINE; TEACHING; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SUS;

EID: 45549099186     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290803600206     Document Type: Article

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