Francesca La Torre, Vincenzo Manfellotto, Vincenzo Mazzarella, Luigi Sorbino, Matteo D'Alessio, Carlo Petroccione, Maria Maddalena Nicoletti, Giuseppe Andrea Ferraro, Gorizio Pieretti
There are various models for practicing microsurgical anastomoses, from synthetic to ex vivo and in vivo biological ones. In this study, we present the domestic turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) as an ex vivo biological model in the practice of surgical anastomoses. In our opinion, it represents a model that is very similar to a human one, low cost, and easy to find. In fact, our study shows that the diameters of the arteries and veins used for anastomoses (tibial artery diameter: 2.5 ± 0.6 mm; tibial vein diameter: 3...
April 2024: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open