Comparison of Continuous and Interrupted Suture Techniques in Microvascular End-to-Side Anastomosis

Michael J. Wheatley; Stephen J. Mathes; Cheryl Hassett

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1007007

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Table of Contents

J Reconstr Microsurg 1986; 2(2): 93-96
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007007

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Comparison of Continuous and Interrupted Suture Techniques in Microvascular End-to-Side Anastomosis

Michael J. Wheatley¹ , Stephen J. Mathes² , Cheryl Hassett³

¹Department of General Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
²Department of Surgery and Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Abstract

ABSTRACT

To compare the speed and patency rates of the continuous and interrupted suture techniques in microvascular end-to-side anastomosis, 10 anastomoses utilizing each technique were performed using a femoral artery-superficial epigastric vein bypass model in Sprague-Dawley rats. The continuous suture technique was found to be almost twice as fast as the interrupted technique with no functional compromise. Patency for both techniques was 100 percent. These results are similar to those of several recent reports comparing the two techniques in end-to-end anastomosis and suggest that the continuous suture technique may be the most efficient technique for end-to-side anastomosis as well.

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