Microvascular surgery and its clinical applications.
Experience with a surgical technique of microvascular anastomosis for free tissue transfers and digital replantations has been applied in 184 cases, and demonstrates that complications such as total flap necrosis are avoidable by experience and technical skill.
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014034:Toes / Q000637:transplantation; D014180:Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery