COMPARISON OF CONTINUOUS AND INTERRUPTED SUTURE TECHNIQUES IN MICRO-VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS

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  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 155  (3) , 353-357
Abstract
A comparison of the continuous and the interrupted suture techniques, 10 procedures each, was performed upon dogs using high frequency pulsed Doppler ultrasonography to monitor blood velocity. No statistically significant differences in the blood velocity profile were found between the 2 techniques. The pulsatility of the vessels after anastomosis was similar for both techniques. At follow-up examination, the mean being 13 wk, the patency rate was 100% as demonstrated arteriographically for both the continuous and the interrupted techniques with no statistically significant difference in the blood velocity profile. The speed and the ease of completing a continuous anastomosis and its lack of significant hemodynamic differences compared with the interrupted technique speak well for the preferential use of the continuous suture technique.

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