TY - JOUR
T1 - Easy and Safe Clamping of the Internal Jugular Vein and Internal Carotid Artery for End-to-Side Anastomosis in the Vessel-Depleted Neck
AU - De La Parra-Marquez, Miguel
AU - Aguilar-Torres, Carlos
AU - Charles-Lozoya, Sergio
N1 - Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Background: Damage to the vascular system resulting from radiotherapy and previous surgeries in patients with recurrent neck tumors has a negative impact on secondary reconstructions. In this study, we describe a simple method for occlusion of the great vessels of the neck in patientswith difficult access to recipient vessels for anastomosis. Methods: A 1 or 0 gauge silk ligature is placed at a circumference of 540 degrees around the vessel, holding the base of the suture with a fine hemostatic clamp exerting sufficient pressure to stop the blood flow in the vessel (internal carotid artery or internal jugular vein), to prepare the end-to-side anastomosis to the flap. Results: From90 head a neck reconstructions for oncologic patients usingmicrovascular flaps performed between April 2011 and April 2021, 8 of them (8.8%) were performed in patients with multiple previous surgeries and/or radiotherapy, with lesion of the arterial thyrolyngopharyngofacial trunk and secondary recipient veins, being the internal carotid and internal jugular the only available recipient vessels in the neck. Conclusions: Occlusion of the great vessels of the neck with a thick silk at 540 degrees held by a hemostatic clamp at its base is a safe and reproducible method for occlusion of these vessels to perform end-to-side anastomosis in patients with difficult vascular access in the neck without increasing the risk of endothelial damage and thrombosis from the anastomosis.
AB - Background: Damage to the vascular system resulting from radiotherapy and previous surgeries in patients with recurrent neck tumors has a negative impact on secondary reconstructions. In this study, we describe a simple method for occlusion of the great vessels of the neck in patientswith difficult access to recipient vessels for anastomosis. Methods: A 1 or 0 gauge silk ligature is placed at a circumference of 540 degrees around the vessel, holding the base of the suture with a fine hemostatic clamp exerting sufficient pressure to stop the blood flow in the vessel (internal carotid artery or internal jugular vein), to prepare the end-to-side anastomosis to the flap. Results: From90 head a neck reconstructions for oncologic patients usingmicrovascular flaps performed between April 2011 and April 2021, 8 of them (8.8%) were performed in patients with multiple previous surgeries and/or radiotherapy, with lesion of the arterial thyrolyngopharyngofacial trunk and secondary recipient veins, being the internal carotid and internal jugular the only available recipient vessels in the neck. Conclusions: Occlusion of the great vessels of the neck with a thick silk at 540 degrees held by a hemostatic clamp at its base is a safe and reproducible method for occlusion of these vessels to perform end-to-side anastomosis in patients with difficult vascular access in the neck without increasing the risk of endothelial damage and thrombosis from the anastomosis.
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U2 - 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003738
DO - 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003738
M3 - Article
C2 - 38079317
AN - SCOPUS:85179644940
SN - 0148-7043
VL - 91
SP - 731
EP - 733
JO - Annals of Plastic Surgery
JF - Annals of Plastic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -