title: A simple cuff-suture technique for microvascular anastomosis.
abstract: The use of synthetic cuffs to simplify and hasten microvascular anastomoses is offered as an alternative to conventional methods. In this study, a soft, non-irritating, silicone rubber cuff was used to construct end-to-end and end-to-side cuff-sutured anastomoses in rats. This technique was as rapid as other non-sutured anastomoses, required no assistant, and provoked no foreign-body reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10567.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Tellis
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gerst
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D051381:Rats; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012828:Silicones; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones