Graft contraction phenomenon and tracheal stretching after tracheal replacement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1548-

  Wurtz, Alain ^a   Hysi, Ilir ^a   Zawadzki, Christophe ^b   Copin, Marie Christine ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ALLOGRAFT; AORTA GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL TRACHEAL REPLACEMENT; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; GRAFT CONTRACTION PHENOMENON; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRACHEA; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEAL STRETCHING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NECK; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SHEEP; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 80053318603     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.023     Document Type: Letter

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