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Rat tail replantation as a training model for microvascular procedures of digit replantation
Author(s) -
Zhang Feng,
Chin Brian T.,
Ho PeiRan,
Ce Costa Maria Aparecida,
Lineaweaver William C.,
Buncke Harry J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2752(1998)18:6<364::aid-micr4>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - replantation , medicine , numerical digit , anastomosis , microsurgery , dorsum , microvascular surgery , surgery , artery , anatomy , rat model , mathematics , arithmetic
In this study we sought to evaluate the potential of rat tail replantation as a tool for very‐small‐vessel microvascular anastomoses. We used 10 adult Sprague‐Dawley rats. The tail was completely amputated 2.0‐cm distal to the base of the tail. Then the tail was replanted with anastomoses of two superficial dorsal veins from both sides and one artery. All 10 replanted tails were pink, viable, and normal‐appearing at all daily inspections performed from the first to the fourteenth postoperative days. This model can provide a training tool for the acquisition of superior microvascular surgical technique for the repair of very small vessels that stimulate digital replantation. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. MICROSURGERY 18:364–367, 1998