title: An assessment of different types of anastomosis with significant vessel disproportion using thin-walled interposition vein grafts.
abstract: The microvascular anastomosis of vessels with a diameter difference in the range of 3:1 can be a difficult surgical exercise, with the risk of bleeding or thrombosis. Five different techniques for dealing with such asymmetries were investigated in a series of autogenous rabbit vein grafts. An assessment was made of patency rates and of factors involved in the performance of the anastomoses. It is concluded that the end-to-end with oblique cut procedure is the most suitable for the clinical situation.
authors: Microsurgery Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Gumley
authors: G L
authors: GL
authors: Hamilton
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: MacLeod
authors: B M
authors: BM
authors: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000637:transplantation*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D011817:Rabbits