A simple method for evaluating the quality of microvascular anastomoses performed in vitro.

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Published in World Neurosurg on November 07, 2011

Authors

Tomas Menovsky1, Katrin Van Loock, Wei-Te Wang, Heber Ferraz-Leite, Dirk De Ridder

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium. tomas.menovsky@uza.be

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