Deshmukh G R, Yang Y, Tellis V A, Gerst P H
Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10567.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 1992 Nov;8(6):491-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1006735.
The use of synthetic cuffs to simplify and hasten microvascular anastomoses is offered as an alternative to conventional methods. In this study, a soft, non-irritating, silicone rubber cuff was used to construct end-to-end and end-to-side cuff-sutured anastomoses in rats. This technique was as rapid as other non-sutured anastomoses, required no assistant, and provoked no foreign-body reactions.