Successful replantation of a bitten-off nose by microvascular anastomosis.
A case is presented of a nose bitten off by a dog and successfully replanted by artery-to-artery and artery-to-vein anastomosis. In the absence of vein-to-vein anastomosis, the clinical course suggested that artery-to-vein anastomosis was useful for venous drainage, although the extent to which this contributed to the survival is not known.
Tajima
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Department of Plastic, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki City, Japan.
Ueda
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K
Tanaka
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Y
D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery