title: [Microvascular anastomoses in reconstructive head and neck surgery].
abstract: At the ENT Department of the University of Lübeck, 57 microvascular tissue transplants with 129 anastomoses (61 arterial and 68 venous) have been performed in the last three years. Arteries have always been anastomosed end to end. The venous anastomoses have primarily been performed as end-to-side unions with the jugular vein. In nine patients, great distances between the donor and recipient vessel had to be connected with venous interponates. In two cases in which veins were lacking in the neck after radical neck dissection or radiation fibrosis, we used the cephalic vein or veins of the capsule of the thyroid gland as recipient vessels. The jejunal or osteomyocutaneous transplants were first fitted into the defect before performing the anastomosis. The jejunal peristalsis and the required freedom of movement in shaping the bone necessitated this technique. Microvascular anastomosis was first performed on the transplant of the radialis flap and the neurovascular infrahyoid muscular flap, and then they were integrated into the defect. We lost two transplants postoperatively because of venous thrombosis. In this article wie describe our anastomosis technique, the frequency distribution of recipient vessels, and the rules and characteristics of microvascular anastomosis after radiation and neck dissection.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Remmert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Mikrovaskuläre Anastomosen in der rekonstruktiven Kopf- und Halschirurgie.