Clinical experience with the Unilink/3M Precise microvascular anastomotic device.
The Unilink/3M Precise anastomotic device for microvascular anastomoses has been evaluated in 38 critical anastomoses in 26 selected patients. The microvascular anastomosis was usually completed within three minutes by a single surgeon. There was only one failure, when an arterial anastomosis clotted because of a technical error. In all patients tissue survival was dependent on patent mechanical anastomoses (critical anastomoses) and the follow-up period was more than three years.
Berggren
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burns, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
Ostrup
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Ragnarsson
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D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012092:Replantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*