title: Side-to-side arterial anastomosis model in the rat internal and external carotid arteries.
abstract: Microvascular anastomosis has become a general and essential technique in the field of vascular reconstructive surgery. Side-to-side microvascular anastomosis is rarely performed by microsurgeons. Laboratory training models are essential for the development and refinement of microsurgical techniques. A new experimental model of a side-to-side "arterial" anastomosis in the rat internal and external carotid arteries is presented, in which 100 percent patency was accomplished immediately, and was maintained 7 days after anastomosis. This model can provide an experimental and training tool for side-to-side anastomosis of small arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamatani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014654:Vascular Patency