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MICROVASCULAR SURGERY IN ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY

Susumu Tamai 1; Nobuyuki Sasauchi 1; Yoshihide Hori 1; Yoshitaka Tatsumi 1; ; and Hisao Okuda 1

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

1. The history of microvascular surgery is reviewed; the necessary instruments and the technique of suture are described.

2. Modern trends in the experimental and clinical applications in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology are discussed.

3. The authors emphasise the usefulness of this technique in tissue transplantation and in the reconstruction of microvascular injuries of the musculoskeletal system.
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