Does remote sepsis influence the patency of microvascular anastomoses?
A pyogenic abscess, even though remote from the artery, significantly increases the occlusion rate of microvascular arterial anastomoses in the rat experimental model.
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Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014654:Vascular Patency