TY - JOUR
T1 - Microvascular Anastomoses
T2 - An Evaluation of Laser-Assisted Technique
AU - Fried, Marvin P.
AU - Moll, Erik R.S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1987/9
Y1 - 1987/9
N2 - The carbon dioxide milliwatt laser was used to perform microvascular anastomoses in 23 rat femoral arteries and 21 femoral veins. This technique was compared with conventionally sutured controls and then evaluated histologically at intervals of three to four days and 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 weeks postoperatively. Patency rates in both methods, for arteries and veins, were comparable, confirming the feasibility of laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses. Moreover, the major benefit of the laser procedure was to allow for fewer sutures, thereby diminishing a foreign body reaction.
AB - The carbon dioxide milliwatt laser was used to perform microvascular anastomoses in 23 rat femoral arteries and 21 femoral veins. This technique was compared with conventionally sutured controls and then evaluated histologically at intervals of three to four days and 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 weeks postoperatively. Patency rates in both methods, for arteries and veins, were comparable, confirming the feasibility of laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses. Moreover, the major benefit of the laser procedure was to allow for fewer sutures, thereby diminishing a foreign body reaction.
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U2 - 10.1001/archotol.1987.01860090066021
DO - 10.1001/archotol.1987.01860090066021
M3 - Article
C2 - 3300706
AN - SCOPUS:0023472136
VL - 113
SP - 968
EP - 973
JO - Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
SN - 0886-4470
IS - 9
ER -