Polyurethane vessels for microvascular surgical training to reduce animal use;Training von Mikrogefässanastomosen an Polyurethangefässen zur Reduktion von Tierversuchen

Altex

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 135-138

  Meier, Sonja A ^a   Lang, Axel ^b   Beer, Gertrude M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microsurgical training; Polyurethane vessels; Reduction of animal experiments

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL USE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AWARENESS; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; SKILL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 4644368385     PISSN: 09467785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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