• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.63-66
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• 2002

Microvascular anastomosis is too important to reduce the failure in operating room because of no choice in case of failure and prognosis of the failure would be more worse than any other success ones. Factors for microsurgery trainee influencing patency in microvascular anastomosis at the laboratory are numerous but three basic prerequisites are magnification, instruments and suture material and training. First Author trained microsurgical technique to the second author using femoral artery of the rat and patency of the anastomosis was evaluated by the milking test. Period which microsurgeon successes femoral arterial anastomosis in rat in both of 5 and 30 minutes was 7th week at the laboratory which has done 2 vessels a week under the supervise of the skilled first author.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2004

Purpose : This study evaluated the effect of VEGF in the arterial anastomosis by using light and electron microscopy. Marerials and method : Rats underwent femoral arterial end-to-end anastomosis after transection and topical VEGF treatment. The proximal and distal segments of the femoral arteries was drenched with 1 drop of VEGF $(100ng/100{\mu}l/bottle)$. and when half of the repair was finished, the other 1 drop was drenched and then the repair was continued to complete the anastomosis. Gross and histologic characteristics of arterial wall were assessed after 3 days, 1, 3 and 5 weeks. In the control group, normal saline solution instead of VEGF was dropped with the same method in the anastomosis. Results : The histologic findings of the arterial wall were the vascular remodeling with the infiltration of inflammatory cells at early stages and the tissue fibrosis at lately stages in the anastomotic sites of the control and the VEGF-treated groups. The scanning electron microscopic results were; (1) the anastomotic sites were covered by many irregular cells with long cytoplasmic processes at the early stages. (2) After 1 week, endothelial cells started to cover the anastomotic sites. (3) After 3 weeks, the anastomotic sites were partially covered by endothelial cells in the control group. (4) After 5 weeks, the anastomotic sites were completely covered by endothelial cells in the control and VEGF-treated groups. (5) In the VEGF-treated group, the anastomotic site was completely covered by endothelial cells which directed parallel to longitudinal axis of arteries after 3 weeks. Conclusion : Topical VEGF maintained luminal integrity by decreasing fibrosis and increasing re-endothelialization. These findings suggest that topical VEGF may be a promising new strategy to enhance healing and improve the outcome of vascular anastomosis.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.274-277
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• 2007

Purpose: Microsuturing is a difficult job for beginners of microsurgery. It is because they are not familiar with microscopic environment and, it needs much time for them to get used to microanastomosis. Before the real microsurgery, sometimes a surgeon wants rehearsal. But, microsurgical exercise has been performed with surgical glove, silastic drain or rat femoral artery. Rat femoral artery is a very good training material. But, it needs animal laboratory, anesthesia and its keeping facilities. And the surgeon should appoint the time to exercise with the laboratory. Methods: We used chicken wing brachial artery for education material of microsuturing. The artery is 5 cm long and the diameter is about 1 mm. Monofilament 10-0 was used for suture material. Results: Six persons of Seoul National University medical school students and one resident attended in this program. Each of them performed arterial anastomosis ten times. They were satisfied with chicken wing brachial artery for anastomosis training under the magnification environment. Conclusion: We think that chicken wing brachial artery is a very cheap and an effective training material for the beginners of microsurgery.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제14권1_2호
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• pp.77-88
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• 1992

Recently, diabetic patients are increasing in the field of microvascular surgery. Diabetes melltius is known to be related to arterial damage, platelet malfunction and thrombus formation. After microvascular anastomosis, delayed repair and vascular occlusion occurred more frequently in diabetic state. This study was performed to investigate the patency rate and process of endothelial healing after microvascular anastomosis of femoral artery in diabetic rat by scanning electron microscope. The animals were divided into two groups, 20 diabetic-induced and 20 non-diabetic groups. Diabetes was induced with a injection of Streptozotocin(50mg/kg b.w., Sigma Chemical Co.) to tail vein. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Macroscopically, anastomotic site was intact except a few cases showed minimal inflammatory sign around the wound site. But the inflammatory change was frequently occurred in diabetic-induced group. 2. The patency rate was 95% (19/20) in non-diabetic group and 65% (13/20) in diabetic-induced group. 3. In the non-diabetic group, anstomotic region was mostly endothelized by the alignment along the long axis of vessel but stitchs were not covered with endothelial cells. The thichkening of vessel wall was not observed. 4. In the diabetic-induced group, anastomotic region was not endothelized but covered with blood cellular components and connective tissue instead of endothelial cells. The thickening of the vessel wall was prominent in some diabetic-induced rats. These results suggest that diabetes was related to delayed regeneration of endothelium of vessels after microsurgical anastomosis.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.15-19
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• 1998

Microsurgical free-tissue transfer has allowed surgeons to salvage injured limbs but choosing appropriate healthy recipient vessels has proved to be a difficult problem. Retrograde flow flaps are established in island flaps. Retrograde flow anastomosis could prevent the possible kinking and twisting of the arterial anastomosis. By not interrupting the proximal blood flow to the fracture or soft tissue defect site, the compromise of fracture or wound healing might be prevented. We wished to estabilish an animal model in rat for a retrograde arterial flow based free flap. Nembutal-anesthetized male rats; weighing 250 to 300 gm, were used. The femoral artery and common carotid artery were exposed and divided. The systemic and retrograde arterial pressure were quantified by utilizing a parallel tubing system connected with peripheral arterial line. In this study, the retrograde flow was not pulsatile and the retrograde arterial pressure was 64-65mmHg, with a mean arterial pressure of 106-109mmHg. An epigastiic skin flap, measuring $3{\times}3cm$, was raised with its vascular pedicle. The epigastric free flap was transfered in the same rat from femoral vessels to carotid vessels in end to end fashion. We anastomosed the donor arteries to the distal parts of the divided recipient arteries and the donor veins to the proximal parts of the recipient veins. Twelve experiments were performed and the transplantations succeeded in 75 percent of them. In the remaining 25 percent, the experiments failed due to thrombosis at the site of anastpmosis, or other causes. This animal model represents an excellent example of retrograde arterial flow free flap transfer that is reliable.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.16-29
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• 1991

미세혈관봉합술에서의 가장 큰 문제점은 봉합부에서의 내피손상과 혈전형성이라고 볼 수 있다. 이 연구의 목적은 봉합시 일어날 수 있는 내피손상부에서의 치유과정을 관찰코져 각각 다른 문합술인 혈관함입문합술과 혈관단단문합술을 백서 대퇴부동맥에 적용하여 개존율및 전자현미경적 관찰을 통하여 비교하였고 아울러 임상에의 적용 가능성을 검토코져 하였다. 저자는 미세현미경시야에서 혈관함입문합술 20례와 단단문합술 20례를 시행한후 1일, 3일, 1주, 2주, 3주에 각각 4마리씩 희생후 문합혈관부를 육안관찰후 주사전자현미경으로 조직변화를 관찰하여 다음의 결과를 얻었다. 1. 혈관 함입문합술 시술시 문합후 개존율은 90%였고 혈관 단단문합술은 85%였다. 2. 혈관 함입문합시 술후 3일째는 문합부에서의 혈소판 응집물이 기질화되었으며 함입으로 좁아져 있던 혈관내경이 약 1주째 혈관 합입부의 중막 위축현상으로 다소 넓어졌다. 3. 혈관 내피재생과정을 혈관 함입문합술에서는 7일에서 14일경에, 혈관 단단문합술에서는 14일에서 21일째 완성되었다.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.53-56
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• 2007

Purpose: Microsurgical exercise has been performed with rat femoral vessels. But, it needs animal laboratory, anesthesia and its keeping facilities. Materials and Methods: Ten human placentas were studied for suitability in a microvascular exercise. The size and useful length of vessels were measured, and various microvascular anastomoses were performed. Result: The human placenta has many vessels traversing its fetal surface. A variety of sizes are available down to vessels of diameter 1 mm and up to vessels of diameter 6.5 mm (1.0

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 1989

본 연구에서는 Spragus-Dawley준 흰쥐의 서혜하부의 대퇴동맥을 수술현미경하에서는 대조군은 단순봉합방법으로, 실험군은 수평연차봉합 방법으로 미세분합하여 그 문합시간을 측정하고, 일정시간이 경과한 후 개존율과 조직소견을 비교 관찰하여 얻은 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 문합시간에 있어서 대조군과 실험군에서 각각 17분 25초와 15분 49초로 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 있었으며, 미세혈관문합에서 수평연차봉합이 유리함을 알 수 있었다. 미세혈관문합 후 개존율은 대조군과 실험군에서 술 후 3일까지는 비슷하였으나, 술 후 3주째는 실험군에서 더 높았다. 조직학적으로는 대조군과 실험군에서 공히 내피가 손상을 입고, 중막이 얇아지면서 공히 혈관 강이 좁아지고 술 후 3주째는 내피가 재생되는 등의 비슷한 변화를 보였다.