A novel model for supermicrosurgery training: The superficial inferior epigastric artery flap in rats

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 537-543

  Yamashita, Shuji ^a   Sugiyama, Narushi ^a   Hasegawa, Kenjiro ^a   Namba, Yuzaburo ^a   Kimata, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microsurgical training; Superficial inferior epigastric artery; Supermicrosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ANIMALS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 57149110016     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1088226     Document Type: Article

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