Comparitive study of medical adhesive and suture in microvascular anastomosis

Objective Toexplore an ideal way of Microvascular anastomosis.Methods Anastomosis of both femoral arteries were performed in 40 rats.Left side of the arteries were anastomsed with medical adhesive.Right side of the arteries as comparise were anastomsed with suture.Biopsy was performed in two groups of rats at different time intervals postoperatively,and the specimens were examined under microscopy(SEM).Results There were no difference in patency between the two techniques.The average anastomotic time for suture was about 18 minuters,while for the adhesive was 12 minuters.SEM of the anastomotic site revealed major differences between sutured and adhered groups.Conclusion Medicl adhesive microvascular anastomosis technique is safe and reliable.