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Historical overview of vascular anastomoses

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The first non-scientific report of vascular anastomoses goes back to 300 A.D. when Cosma and Damiano first tried to re-implant a limb using ivory needles and a row flax stitches to suture vessels. Unfortunately, results were not reported, but it is fair to assume the results were very poor since the technique never spread out [1].

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(2007). Historical overview of vascular anastomoses. In: Sutureless Anastomoses. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7985-1715-8_1

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