title: Microvascular stent.
abstract: Report of experimental results obtained with a new microvascular repair technique performed in the superficial femoral artery of the rat. An external device "microvascular stent" is used, made up medical use adhesive silicon so as to widen the internal vascular diameter and prevent stenosis. This technique is compare to the simple interrupted suture microsurgical repair.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011859:Radiography; D051381:Rats; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*