Abstract:Various reconstructive surgical procedures depend on the achievement of a patent microvascular anastomosis. Achieving clinical competency in this refined skill can begin with intensive training on live animal models. The early training stage can be stressful for novices as the rat vessels used during microvascular anastomosis training courses are often too small and too fragile for novices to optimally maintain the vascular lumen. In this paper, the authors discuss a silicone tube that provides structural supp… Show more
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