Development of a microclip for laryngeal microsurgery: Initial animal studies

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1809-1814

  Lau, David P ^a   Chng, Chin Boon ^b   Choo, Jun Quan ^b   Teo, Neville ^a   Bunte, Ralph M ^c   Chui, Chee Kong ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

bioabsorbable; clip; Larynx; magnesium; microsurgery; wound closure

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; POLYCAPROLACTONE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCEPS; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARYNX MUCOSA; LARYNX SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOCAL CORD;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; MAGNESIUM; MICROSURGERY; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURES; SWINE; VOCAL CORDS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84864408109     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23280     Document Type: Article

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