A simple and effective way of maintaining the microvascular field clean and dry during anastomosis

During microvascular anastomosis, it is important to maintain the microsurgical field irrigated yet dry so as to achieve a good view of the vessels for approximation. In this method, an infant feeding tube (size 4), with its tip sandwiched between layers of dry gauze and a surgical glove component p...

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Main Authors: G.I. Nambi, Samir M. Kumta, Nitin J. Mokal, Mukund R. Thatte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.113737