inosculation


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Synonyms for inosculation

a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous

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Auger, "Inosculation of tissue-engineered capillaries with the host's vasculature in a reconstructed skin transplanted on mice," American Journal of Transplantation, vol.
Afterwards, appropriate artificial blood vessels were transplanted, and blood flow was recovered after inosculation. In the case these artificial blood vessels were wrapped by AAA, the abdominal incision was closed.
Then there's "Inosculation," a first-person narrative of isolation and invention told from the perspective of tree contortionist Axel Erlandson.
The aims of treatment of PFOA are to recover the inosculation of the patellofemoral joint, balance the soft tissues, and eliminate the primary causes for patellofemoral joint pain.