Long-Tenn Results of Small Vessel Anastomoses with a Ring Technic

Side-to-side sutureless vascular anastomosis with magnets

“…This demand is heightened by the trends in various surgical subspecialties toward minimally invasive procedures. [32][33][34][35] Among the various mechanical devices introduced to date, [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] only a single publication describes an anastomotic device based on magnetic rings as a "preliminary report." Obora et al 36 successfully created end-to-end anastomoses in dogs and rats by passing the ends of a sectioned blood vessel through openings in ring-shaped magnets that later self-aligned.…”

“…6,7 The sutured vascular anastomosis, in particular the microanastomosis, remains a time-consuming procedure and demands extensive training if high patency rates are to be achieved. 8 The search for alternative methods that result in faster and easier vascular anastomoses included refinement both in tech-niques, such as tubes, [9][10][11] cuffs, 12 and rings, [13][14][15][16] and in mechanical devices, such as ring couplers, [17][18][19][20][21] staples, 22 and clips. [23][24][25][26] The purpose of this study was to assess a sutureless vascular anastomosis performed using a new magnetic vascular positioning device.…”

1.9 µm diode laser assisted vascular microanastomoses: Experience in 40 clinical procedures

“…Today it serves many applications in all the fields of surgery including reconstruction of chest wall defect [1], reconstruction of abdominal wall defect [2], breast reconstruction after tumor [3], hand transplantation [4], and reconstruction of esophagus by free jejunal flap [5]. Many improvements have been made to assist the microsurgeon and reduce complications [6,7] such as vascular intubation, laserassisted vascular microanastomoses (LAMA), biological glue, microvascular anastomotic system, or non-transfixing microstaples. Laser technology-currently indispensable in many surgical procedures-has now been successfully developed in microsurgery.…”