A newly designed training tool for microvascular anastomosis techniques: Microvascular Practice Card

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 616-620

  Matsumura, Nobuhisa ^a,b   Hayashi, Nakamasa ^a   Hamada, Hideo ^a   Shibata, Takashi ^b   Horie, Yukio ^b   Endo, Shunrou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Toyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral revascularization; Microsurgery; Microvascular anastomosis; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; SAFE SEX; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURE;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; SILICONES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TEACHING; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 64649090673     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.12.024     Document Type: Article

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