Advantages of interpositional long venous grafts in microvascular surgery.
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.
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*