Laser-Assisted End-to-Side Anastomosis

Matthew R. Quigley; Julian E. Bailes; Hau C. Kwaan; Danko Vidovich; Peter Nora; Leonard J. Cerullo

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1006995

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Inhaltsverzeichnis

J Reconstr Microsurg 1987; 3(4): 277-279
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006995

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Laser-Assisted End-to-Side Anastomosis

Matthew R. Quigley, Julian E. Bailes, Hau C. Kwaan, Danko Vidovich, Peter Nora, Leonard J. Cerullo

Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery and Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Medical School and VA Lakeside Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The milliwatt CO₂ laser was used to anastomose rat carotid arteries in an end-to-side fashion, and this technique was compared to the standard suture technique. Vessels were studied at two to six weeks. All anstomoses were patient and overall, there was a 78.6 percent rate of aneurysm formation in the laser cohort, compared with 7.1 percent with suture (p < 0.001 Fisher exact). Vessels and aneurysm histology were similar to those previously reported for the end-to-end technique.

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