Chitin is a natural polymeric polysaccharide extracted from marine crustaceans, and
chitosan is obtained by removing part of the acetyl group (usually more than 60%) in chitin's …

Accomplishing successful microvascular anastomoses is undoubtedly one of the most
critical steps in performing free tissue transfer. However, the ideal technique has often been …

Background Sutured anastomosis remains the gold standard in microvascular surgery. The
procedure is not free of complications and is a time-consuming operation requiring a high …

Despite the evident advances in microsurgery, anastomosis of small vessels or anastomosis
of vessels having size discrepancy, remains one of the most precise and technically …

Background The aim of this article is to evaluate the difference in skills acquisition of two end-
to-end microvascular anastomosis techniques—the triangulation and biangulation—in early …

OBJECTIVE: The anastomosis of very small vessels (external diameter:≤ 0.5 mm) is
challenging and requires high microsurgical skill. This study aims to investigate the optimal …

Purpose To assess the utility of the Thiel arterial model in microsurgical research, we
compared interrupted horizontal mattress (HM) sutures to simple interrupted (SI) sutures in …

Previous studies have investigated the effects of various human-based factors, such as
tremor, exercise, and posture, on microsurgical performance. In this study, the authors …

Conventional anastomosis with interrupted sutures can be time-consuming, can cause
vessel narrowing, and can lead to thrombosis at the site of repair. The amount of suture …

In the late 1890s and early 1900s surgeons began approximating blood vessels, both in
laboratory animals and human patients, without the aid of magnification. 1, 2 In 1902 Alexis …