MICROVASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS: A LABORATORY DEVICE FOR HOLDING STAY SUTURES AND A NEW APPROXIMATOR CLAMP

Abstract

n 1973, Acland R.D. described an instrument for holding the stay sutures of a microvascular anastomosis [1]. Afterwards, this device was improved and became an unchangeable instrument in vascular anastomosis, called vascular approximators. Approximator clip is an expensive microsurgery tool that cannot be found easily in the market. But approximator clips are known to be quite useful for laboratory researchers, especially for the residents practicing in the laboratory, both technically and in terms of time (Figure 1).