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Microvascular Anastomoses: Suture and Non-suture Methods

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A plethora of methods have been proposed for coapting microvessels, with the mainstay being hand-suturing under an operating microscope. A broad range of hand-sutured techniques have been described and these are still evolving today. Alongside this, non-suture methods of microvascular anastomosis have gained popularity over recent years with numerous intra- and extravascular approaches being proposed. This section addresses the development of microsurgical suture technique for microvascular anastomosis, and continues to present the array of non-suture methods currently proposed as alternatives to standard suturing.

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    AutoSuture, United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.

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    Medtronic, Inc.; Minneapolis, MN, USA.

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    Pluromed Inc., Woburn, MA, USA, www.pluromed.com.

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    3M Healthcare, 3M Center, St. Paul, MN 55144-1000, USA.

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    Synovis Micro Companies Alliance Inc., 439 Industrial Lane, Birmingham, AL 35211, USA.

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Wain, R.A.J., Hammond, D., McPhillips, M., Whitty, J.P.M., Ahmed, W. (2016). Microvascular Anastomoses: Suture and Non-suture Methods. In: Ahmed, W., Jackson, M. (eds) Surgical Tools and Medical Devices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33489-9_17

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