Microvascular sleeve anastomosis in clinical replantation.
A clinical use of the sleeve anastomosis is presented in a series of 12 replantation patients. Altogether, 11 completely amputated and 3 incompletely severed parts were reconstructed. A sleeve anastomosis for the arteries alone was used in 9 replants with a success rate of 100%. In 5 replants the sleeve anastomosis was combined with a conventional anastomosis. In the latter series one failure occurred because of the avulsion injury. In this small series the sleeve anastomosis was considered reliable for arterial repair in microvascular surgery.
D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005121:Extremities / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation