Precision of suture placement with microscope‐ and loupe‐assisted anastomoses
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Microsurgery
- Vol. 14 (8), 547-550
- https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920140813
Abstract
Twenty-eight anastomoses involving seven surgeons were done on 2 mm Gortex vascular prostheses to test the effect of magnification on the precision of suture placement. One-half were done with 3.5-4 × prism loupe magnification and the other one-half with 8-30 × microscope magnification. The variability of suture placement (defined here as precision) was measured in a blinded fashion. The mean suture puncture to prosthesis edge measurement for the microscope-assisted group was ∼ 0.03 mm closer to the edge. The variability from the mean for the microscope-assisted group was ∼ 0.01 mm less than that for the loupe-assisted group. This difference was statistically significant at a P value of 0.0123. © 1993 Wiley-Liss Inc.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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