Evaluation of a Poly(l-lactic acid) Stent for Sutureless Vascular Anastomosis

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-238

  Nakano, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hori, Yoshio ^b   Sato, Akira ^a   Watanabe, Tetsuo ^a   Takada, Shuji ^a   Goto, Hitoshi ^a   Inagaki, Akiko ^b   Ikada, Yoshito ^c   Satomi, Susumu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAFT PATENCY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; STENT; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYMERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STAINLESS STEEL; STENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 62249099858     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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