Principles of Microvascular Surgery.
Principles of Microvascular Surgery.
Principles of Microvascular Surgery.
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History<br />
• Zachariah Janssen, 1590 -<br />
invention <strong>of</strong> the compound<br />
microscope.<br />
• Nylen, 1921 - first clinical<br />
application <strong>of</strong> monocular<br />
operating microscope - for<br />
human eardrum surgery.<br />
• Halmgren, 1921 -<br />
stereoscopical microscope<br />
for otolaryngological<br />
procedures.<br />
History<br />
• Perritt, 1950 - microsurgery in clinical<br />
ophthalmology.<br />
• Kurze, 1957 - microsurgery in neurosurgery.<br />
• Jacobson & Suarez, 1960 - microsurgical<br />
anastomosis in carotid arteries (1.4mm) <strong>of</strong><br />
laboratory animals with 100% patency rate.<br />
• Jacobson, 1965 - vessels 1mm in diameter with<br />
100% patency.<br />
• Green, 1966 - used 9-0 nylon suture on rat aortas<br />
(1.3mm) & vena cavas (2.7mm) with patency <strong>of</strong> 37<br />
out <strong>of</strong> 40 animals at 21 days.<br />
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