The utility of microvascular anastomotic devices in head and neck reconstruction

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-334

  Barker, Emma V ^a,b   Enepekides, Danny J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Microvascular; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLIP; COLD ISCHEMIA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SUTURING METHOD; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; WOUND HEALING;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VEINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 52449110072     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32830139a7     Document Type: Review

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