Intercarotid anastomosis with a vein graft in the rat: a model for microsurgical training

Intercarotid anastomosis with a vein graft in the rat: a model for microsurgical training

P. Miklic^I; F. Oppel; M. Brock

^IRecipient of a special scholarship of the Senate of Berlin (Present address: Neurosurgical Clinic, Zagreb "University, Kispaticeva 12. 41000 Zagreb, Yugoslavia)

SUMMARY

The common carotid arteries were anastomosed through a venous graft in a group of ten rats. The right common carotid artery was ligated below and the left above the anastomosis. In a control group both common carotid arteries (CCA) were ligated. While the animals of the experimental group survived without neurological deficit, those in the control group died 2 hours to 11 days after operation. The anastomoses and brains were studied by light microscopy.

The model described is convenient for practising microsurgery, and should constitute part of the routine training program of young neurosurgeons.

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Neurosurgical Clinic, Free University of Berlin (Director: Prof. Dr. med. Mario Brock).

Work supported by the Stiftung Volkswagenwerk as part of the research project: Die Mikroneurochirurgische Anatomie des Basalen Hirnstrukturen.

Address for request of reprints: Prof. Dr. med Mario Brock - Neurochirurgieche Klinik - KUniJcum Steglitz - Hinderiburgdamm SO - 1-Berlin-45 - Federal Republic of Germany.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  23 Aug 2012
• Date of issue
  June 1980