title: Does remote sepsis influence the patency of microvascular anastomoses?
abstract: A pyogenic abscess, even though remote from the artery, significantly increases the occlusion rate of microvascular arterial anastomoses in the rat experimental model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: 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