Three types of end-to-side microvascular anastomosis training models using rat common iliac arteries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

: Instead of only practicing these perfectly matched end-to-side anastomoses in microsurgical laboratories, we must learn how to perform these so-called "imperfect" end-to-side anastomoses in the laboratory.

Methods

Three types of end-to-side microvascular anastomoses using the rat common iliac artery (CIA), one with the proximal end of the CIA to the contralateral side of the CIA, another with the distal end of the CIA to the contralateral side of the CIA, and the third with the distal end of the CIA to the ipsilateral side of the common iliac vein (CIV), were presented to simulate different end-to-side anastomosis situations in a microsurgical laboratory. Diameters of CIA and CIV, distances between temporary clips, the length of arteriotomy or venotomy, and the

SUBMITTER: Xiao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10062452 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature