title: Continuous anastomotic technique in microsurgery.
abstract: Patency rates and histologic findings were evaluated in a pilot study in which continuous and interrupted anastomotic techniques were applied to blood vessels less than 1 mm in external diameter. The results of the continuous suture technique were encouraging and we feel that the advantages gained in time and ease of performance may recommend this technique to those who need to perform large numbers of microvascular anastomoses in animals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques