title: Advantages of interpositional long venous grafts in microvascular surgery.
abstract: Our clinical experience favors the use of long autologous venous micrografts any time excessive tension is noted along the anastomotic line or in case of a short pedicle in a free flap. The technical problems of harvesting and interposition of these long micrografts are presented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D012092:Replantation; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*