End-to-side anastomosis of small vessels using an Nd:YAG laser with a hemispherical contact probe. Technical note.
A new technique is described which enables the surgeon to perform an end-to-side anastomosis between arteries with little (less than 2 minutes) or no occlusion of the recipient artery. The technique was developed in rabbits, but has recently been successfully used in a patient in whom an anastomosis between the superficial temporal artery and a proximal branch of the middle cerebral artery was created.
Tulleken
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Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
van Dieren
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Verdaasdonk
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Berendsen
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D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D000818:Animals; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits