Manageable microsurgical technique for creating an opening in small vessels for end-to-side anastomosis.
The end-to-side anastomosis is one of the most useful techniques in microsurgery. It creates a recipient opening for the donor, keeps the donor vessel intact, and does not interrupt distal blood flow, compared to the end-to-end anastomosis technique. The end-to-side anastomosis is consequently becoming more acceptable in reconstructive microsurgery. The author describes a manageable microsurgical technique for creating recipient vessel openings in small vessels for end-to-side anastomoses.
Yu
Han-Liang
HL
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery Laboratory, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*