Reali U M, Gelli R, Giannotti V, Gori F, Pratesi R, Pini R
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Florence, Italy.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 1993 May;9(3):203-10; discussion 210-1. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1006646.
An experimental study to evaluate a diode-laser approach to microvascular end-to-end anastomoses is reported. Studies were carried out on the femoral arteries and veins of Wistar rats, and effective welding of vessel tissue was obtained at low laser power, by enhancing laser absorption with indocyanine green (Cardio-green) solution. The histologic and surgical effects of this laser technique were examined and compared with those of conventional microvascular sutured anastomoses.
