"Insert sutures first, tie later": new microvascular anastomosis techniques.
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.
Tark
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KC
Department of Plastic Surgery, Yonsei University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Khouri
R K
RK
Shaw
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WW
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*