title: "Insert sutures first, tie later": new microvascular anastomosis techniques.
abstract: Two reliable techniques for the microvascular anastomosis of difficult-to-handle, thin-walled smaller vessels--"insert sutures first, tie later" and "loops on hanger"--are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Yonsei University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Tark
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Khouri
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*