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J Reconstr Microsurg 1987; 3(3): 201-207
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006986
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© 1987 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Microarterial Sutureless Sleeve Anastomosis Using a Polymeric Adhesive: An Experimental Study

Rafael Casanova, Guillermo A. Herrera, Beatrice Vásconez Engels, Carlos Velasquez, James C. Grotting
  • Surgical Pathology and the Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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Accepted for publication 1986

Publication Date:
08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

A new technique for microarterial sutureless anastomosis that involves telescoping one vessel into the other and placing a microdrop of a polymeric adhesive (iso-propyl-cyanoacrylate) is described. Sixty-six anastomoses were performed in rat femoral arteries with a patency rate of 95 percent. Light and electron microscopic studies were conducted at regular intervals, starting immediately to 90 days postoperative. From this experimental study, it appears that the described method of anastomosis is faster and easier to perform and at least as reliable as the conventional end-to-end suture anastomosis. In addition, it was observed that tissue reaction to the glue remained primarily adventitial and did not disturb vessel patency.

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