Treatment of chronic digital ischemia with direct microsurgical revascularization.
The authors present their technique for treating digital ischemia using a radial-to-digital artery bypass graft performed in a bloodless field under tourniquet with the use of a microscope. The outcomes in 6 patients were resolution of fingertip ulcers, avoidance of more proximal amputations, and elimination of ischemic pain.
Kryger
Zol B
ZB
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Rawlani
Vinay
V
Dumanian
Gregory A
GA
D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*