Microsurgical training using a pulsatile membrane pump and chicken thigh: A new, realistic, practical, nonliving educational Model

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Phoon, Alexander F ^a   Gumley, Graham J ^a   Rtshiladze, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EDUCATION; INFUSION PUMP; MICROSURGERY; PULSATILE FLOW; TEACHING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; INFUSION PUMPS; MICROSURGERY; PULSATILE FLOW; TEACHING MATERIALS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78650143327     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ef82e2     Document Type: Letter

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