Intraluminal laser light source and external solder: In vivo evaluation of a new technique for microvascular anastomosis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 312-316

  Ott, Beat ^a   Constantinescu, Mihai A ^b   Erni, Dominique ^b   Banic, Andrej ^b   Schaffner, Thomas ^b   Frenz, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albumin solder; Balloon catheter; Diode laser; End to end anastomosis; ICG; Laser soldering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HEPARINIZATION; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LASER SURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SWINE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; LASER SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; SWINE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 7744243981     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20096     Document Type: Article

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