We evaluated the efficacy of the continuous suture technique (CST) in arteries and veins with varying external diameters (ED). In study 1 a direct end-to-end @entity254 was performed in 5 groups of animals (n = 15 in each group): group 1, @entity95 carotid artery (ED, 1.8-2.0 mm); group 2, @entity95 femoral artery (ED, 1.4-1.6 mm); group 3, @entity35 femoral artery (ED, 0.7-0.9 mm); group 4, @entity95 femoral vein (ED, 2.0-2.2 mm); and group 5, @entity35 femoral vein (ED, 1.0-1.2 mm). In study 2 a graft from the femoral vein was interposed into the carotid artery, with a ratio of the diameter of graft to artery of 1.3:1 in the @entity35 (group 6, n = 12) and 1:1 in the @entity95 (group 7, n = 12). In each animal the vessel on one side was repaired using CST and the opposite vessel using the interrupted suture technique. Vessel samples were harvested 1, 2, and 4 weeks after @entity254 . The CST significantly reduced @entity254 time by up to 47% in arteries and 41% in veins. Bleeding time and @entity190 were also significantly reduced with CST. Similar results were found in study 2. The total @entity715 rate was 8%, but no significant patency difference was noted between the CST and the interrupted suture technique in any vessel category. We conclude that the CST is a reliable and time-saving procedure in microvascular @entity254 of arteries with diameters greater than 0.7 mm and of veins with diameters greater than 1.0 mm.

Comparison of continuous and interrupted suture techniques in microvascular XXXX .

@entity190 :: ('MESH:D006473', 'Disease') :: ['blood loss'] @entity254 :: ('MESH:C563598', 'Disease') :: ['anastomosis'] @entity95 :: ('9986', 'Species') :: ['rabbits', 'rabbit'] @entity35 :: ('10116', 'Species') :: ['rat', 'rats'] @entity715 :: ('MESH:D013927', 'Disease') :: ['thrombosis']
@entity254 :: (MESH:C563598,Disease) :: ['anastomosis']
