title: Neurovascular microsurgery: a model for laboratory investigation and the development of technical skills.
abstract: An inexpensive and reproducible model to help in developing the technical skills for, and to investigate experimentally, a microvascular anastomosis resembling the superficial temporal-middle cerebral artery bypass is described. The model is used to illustrate the important principles of microvascular surgery. Using a standardized operative technique, we evaluated 50 successive preparations by perfusion; the patency rate was 100%.
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000818:Animals; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*