Relationship between flow and incidence of thrombosis in polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts in free microvascular flaps in lambs

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-294

  Paloma, Vicente ^a   Lasso, José M ^a   Bazán, Antonio ^a   Serra, José M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flowmeter; Free flaps; Iliac flap; Lambs; Microsurgery; PTFE; Synthetic vascular grafts

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; LAMB; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 5944241212     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319950159253     Document Type: Article

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