Versatility of a posterior-wall-first anastomotic technique using a short-thread double-needle microsuture for atherosclerotic arterial anastomosis

Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 505-508

  Miyamoto, Shimpei ^a   Okazaki, Mutsumi ^a   Takushima, Akihiko ^a   Shiraishi, Tomohiro ^a   Omori, Mifue ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 54949140358     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20522     Document Type: Article

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