AV anastomosis as a solution for absent venous drainage in replantation surgery.
Three cases of replantation in which no conventional venous outflow could be established are presented. A method for obtaining venous outflow is described by using the contralateral artery as a venous pole and anastomosing it to a vein in the proximal stump (with or without a venous graft).
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