Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 12 , Pages 1296-1301, December 2007

Vein graft anastomoses with magnets☆☆☆

  • Christoph Heitmann

      Affiliations

    • Kenan Plastic Surgery Research Laboratories and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Circuit Dr, Research Park 4, Box 3906, Durham NC 27710, USA
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  • Farah N. Khan

      Affiliations

    • Kenan Plastic Surgery Research Laboratories and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Circuit Dr, Research Park 4, Box 3906, Durham NC 27710, USA
    • ,
  • Detlev Erdmann

      Affiliations

    • Kenan Plastic Surgery Research Laboratories and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Circuit Dr, Research Park 4, Box 3906, Durham NC 27710, USA
    • ,
  • Kevin C. Olbrich

      Affiliations

    • Kenan Plastic Surgery Research Laboratories and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Circuit Dr, Research Park 4, Box 3906, Durham NC 27710, USA
    • ,
  • A. Adam Sharkawy

      Affiliations

    • Ventrica, Inc., 5055 Brandin Ct, Fremont, CA 94538,USA
    • ,
  • Bruce Klitzman

      Affiliations

    • Kenan Plastic Surgery Research Laboratories and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center, Circuit Dr, Research Park 4, Box 3906, Durham NC 27710, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 684 3929.

Received 3 March 2006; accepted 4 October 2006. published online 10 May 2007.

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☆ Ventrica was acquired by Medtronic, Inc., which now controls the rights to this technology.

☆☆ Some data were presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council in Las Vegas, April, 2003 and some at the Second World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Heidelberg, Germany, June 2003, where it received the ‘Best Basic Science’ paper award.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00031-9

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2006.10.017

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 12 , Pages 1296-1301, December 2007

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