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Application of the “Open‐Y” technique in recipient perforator vessels: A comparison study between “Open‐Y” and conventional end‐to‐end anastomosis in terms of postoperative complications

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Over the last few years, the increasing employment of perforators as both donor and recipient vessels for free flap tissue transfer lead the surgeons to perform increasingly smaller anastomosis. Size… Click to show full abstract

Over the last few years, the increasing employment of perforators as both donor and recipient vessels for free flap tissue transfer lead the surgeons to perform increasingly smaller anastomosis. Size discrepancy is a common problem that might affect the patency rate. This has many implications in the outcome of the procedure and the “Open‐Y” technique might be useful to perform an easier anastomosis by using a bifurcation area.

Keywords: open technique; application open; anastomosis; technique recipient

Journal Title: Microsurgery
Year Published: 2021

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