ANATOMICAL studies in man on the degree of anastomosis existing between the external carotid artery and the ophthalmic arteries are a necessary condition of the rational surgical treatment of carotid-cavernous fistulae, as this treatment may carry with it a threat to vision in the eye on the operated side if the anastomosis is inadequate. What must be proved is the negative proposition that ina...

End-to-end anastomosis in the A.Carotis communis of rats (average diameter 0,8-1,Omm) was achieved using Nd-YAG laser, Morphological and histological findings of laser anastomosis and suture anastomosis specimens were compared by the LAMA technique, The rats were examined 1 day. 1 month and 2 months postoperatively. Macroscopic. angiographic. histological and SEM studies showed no development o...

OBJECTIVES To describe the surgical technique of robotic tubal anastomosis. METHODS Retrospective chart and video review of the instrumentation and methodology used for robotically assisted tubal anastomosis. RESULTS All tubal anastomoses were performed with the use of 3 or 4 robotic arms, 3 or 4 robotic instruments, and 1 assistant trocar. CONCLUSIONS Robotic technology facilitates the p...

We are reporting a case of a 22 year-old female patient, who underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy previously for a solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas and was re-admitted seven years later with a pancreatic leak following disruption of the pancreatico-jejunal anastomosis. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a large collection at the level of the pancreatic anastomosis with major disruptio...

The creation of a gastrointestinal tract anastomosis is a fundamental and important surgical procedure. The mean incidence of clinically apparent leakage after gastrointestinal tract anastomosis ranges from 2.1% to 14.9%. Although many techniques for successfully producing such anastomoses have been described, the goal of these techniques to be technically feasible and safe. In the 1960s, Steic...

OBJECTIVE To assess the pressure and flow velocity relations and respiratory variability of the systemic venous and hepatic venous return in patients with univentricular circulation. PATIENTS 15 selected patients who had undergone cavopulmonary anastomosis (10) or atriopulmonary anastomosis (5). Mean age at operation was 55.1 months (range 9 to 145). Studies were done at 75.5 (32.6) months (m...

BACKGROUND Anastomotic leak (AL) after gastrointestinal surgery is a severe complication associated with relevant short- and long-term sequelae. Most of the anastomosis are currently performed with a surgical stapler that is required to have appropriate characteristics to guarantee good performances. The aim of our study was to evaluate, in the laboratory, pressure resistance and tensile streng...

It is unclear whether ciliary function following lung transplantation is normal or not. Our aim was to study the ciliary function and ultrastructure of epithelium above and below the airway anastomosis and the peripheral airway of children following lung transplantation. We studied the ciliary beat frequency (CBF) and beat pattern, using high speed digital video imaging and ultrastructure by tr...