Arterial microanastomosis technique by using only one stitch
Rodríguez, J.B.; Arias, J.; Whyte, J.; Lorente, L.; Whyte, A.; Leuza, A.
International Surgery 76(2): 112-114
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-8868 PMID: 1869384 Document Number: 376566
The starting point of this work is the description of a microsurgical technique designed to carry out termino-terminal arterial anastomosis in rats. The technique is based on the intussusception of the afferent vessel of the anastomosis in the efferent vessel, both of which are fixed by a horizontal U-shaped stitch. Of the twelve cases which make up this series, haemorrhage appeared in two, and a postanastomotic aneurysm developed in one. The lack of complications both before and after operating, even in the long term, in the balance of the cases (75%), together with the simple and quick procedure of this kind of anastomosis, makes this technique a possible alternative to the classical techniques of vascular microanastomosis in experimental surgery.