title: 1457 years of microsurgical experience.
abstract: Microsurgery is a relatively new field of surgery involving various methods and practices that are currently evolving. Our goal was to register the current practices employed by the members of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. A survey was mailed to the 319 members of the society, resulting in a response rate of 33 percent (106 of 319). The data reflect the combined experience of 10,839 free-tissue transfers and 3487 digital and upper and lower extremity replants over a 4-year period between 1990 and 1994. Practices employed, such as pharmacologic adjuvant therapy, monitoring techniques, flap types, and success rates reported by the members of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, were analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y., USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glicksman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferder
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casale
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Posner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strauch
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants