Continuous suture technique in microvascular end‐to‐end anastomosis

Abstract

Abstract A refined technique for continuous suturing of end‐to‐end anastomoses is presented along with a study in which the continuous‐suture technique was compared with the standard interrupted‐suture technique in end‐to‐end anastomoses in the femoral arteries of 20 rats. The results of this comparative study demonstrate that the two techniques had equal patency rates, but that the continuous‐suture technique required less than 50% of the time necessary to perform end‐to‐end anastomosis with interrupted sutures.