Uterine allotransplantation in the rabbit model using a macrovascular patch technique

International Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 288-294

  Sieunarine, Krishen ^a   Doumplis, Dimitrios ^a   Kuzmin, Eugene ^a   Corless, David J ^b   Hakim, Nadey S ^c   Del Priore, Giuseppe ^d   Richard Smith, J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Macrovascular patch; Uterine allotransplantation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAVA VEIN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; OXYGEN; RABBITS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UTERUS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 72449198610     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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