Theile D R, Berger A C, Wilson Y T, Tham S K
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
Microsurgery. 1994;15(11):808-10. doi: 10.1002/micr.1920151112.
Described is a case where an afferent arteriovenous anastomosis was successfully employed in the replantation of a large piece of composite tissue amputated from a patient's thumb. The operative procedure is described and aspects of arterialized venous vascular networks are discussed.