Optimal technique for microvascular anastomosis of very small vessels: Comparative study of three techniques in a rat superficial inferior epigastric arterial flap model

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1196-1201

  Miyamoto, Shimpei ^a   Sakuraba, Minoru ^a   Asano, Takayuki ^a   Tsuchiya, Sunao ^a   Hamamoto, Yusuke ^a   Onoda, Satoshi ^a   Tomori, Yuji ^a   Yasunaga, Yoshichika ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intravascular stenting technique; Open guide suture technique; Superfical inferior epigastric arterial flap; Supermicrosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STENT; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVESSELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STENTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77953284709     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.05.044     Document Type: Article

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