Experimental Replacement of the Cervical Esophagus

Hopkins, Donald M.; Bernatz, Philip E.

doi:10.1001/archsurg.1963.01310140073014

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“…The donor vessels can be anastomosed to the superior thyroid artery and the anterior facial vein. This technique was shown to be possible in experimental dogs before it was attempted in patients (Seidenberg et al, 1959;Hopkins & Bernatz, 1963).…”

Section: General and Vascular Surgerymentioning

confidence: 99%

Microsurgery in the clinic and laboratory

Green

1987

Lab Anim

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Laboratory animals have been crucial to the development of modern microsurgical techniques which are now routinely used in many clinical departments worldwide. In return, microsurgical techniques are important in biomedical research as they allow many surgical procedures to be performed on rodents instead of dogs, pigs or primates. This has obvious advantages in terms of low cost, the use of statistically valid numbers for comparison and the availability of genetically defined animals which are more likely to give valid answers to immunological questions. Microsurgical reconstruction is important in plastic, orthopaedic, urogenital, vascular and peripheral nerve surgery in man and it is likely that it will become part of every surgeon's training in the near future. In this review, the instrumentation essential to any microsurgical enterprise and the sutures available are described. Basic microsurgical techniques for end-to-end and end-to-side anastomosis of small vessels and for joining peripheral nerves, oviducts and other tubular structures are given in outline. Techniques for transplanting kidney, heart, heart and lung, liver, spleen, pancreas, small bowel, stomach, testicle, ovary and whole joint are only outlined but key references are given. Finally, some of the clinical indications for microsurgical reconstruction are reviewed.

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Section: General and Vascular Surgerymentioning

confidence: 99%