Use of earthworms for microsurgery training

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-278

  Mantovani, Gustavo ^a,b   Fukushima, Walter Yoshinori ^a   Cho, Alvaro Baik ^a   Aita, Marcio Aurelio ^a   Mazzetti, Marcelo Vaccari ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LETTER; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 67649233267     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1104551     Document Type: Letter

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