A simple cuff-suture technique for microvascular anastomosis.
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.
Deshmukh
G R
GR
Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10567.
Yang
Y
Y
Tellis
V A
VA
Gerst
P H
PH
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*
D012828:Silicones