title: Microvascular thermic sleeve anastomosis: a sutureless technique.
abstract: Microvascular thermic sleeve anastomosis performed with bipolar coagulation was investigated under experimental conditions. Patency rates of 100 percent for arteries (approximately 1.0 mm in external diameter) and 78 percent for veins (approximately 0.7 mm in external diameter) were achieved. The lumen contour was studied with plastic casts done at intervals of three hours, one day, three days, seven days, 15 days, and 30 days postoperative. Histopathologic studies were carried out to determine the changes caused by intussusception and heating spots.
authors.affiliation: Harry J. Buncke Microsurgical Laboratory, Ralph K. Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94114.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Valauri
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Buncke
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014945:Wound Healing