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Training model for end‐to‐side microvascular anastomosis in rat
Author(s) -
Ng Raymond WaiMan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
surgical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1744-1633
pISSN - 1744-1625
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2006.00306.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anastomosis , microsurgery , surgery , animal model , ideal (ethics) , rat model , philosophy , epistemology
End‐to‐side microsurgery is technically more challenging than end‐to‐end microvascular anastomosis. However, there is no ideal model to practice this exercise. An animal training model is described for practising this type of anastomosis.