Technology-assisted and sutureless microvascular anastomoses: Evidence for current techniques

Microsurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-76

  Pratt, George F ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^a   Westwood, Angie ^a   Hancock, Angela ^a   Chubb, Daniel ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a   Whitaker, Iain S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; CYANOACRYLATE; FIBRIN GLUE;

ANASTOMOSIS; CLIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIODE LASER; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; GRAFT SALVAGE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUTURE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84856027228     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20930     Document Type: Review

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