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Despite technological advancements in microvascular surgery over the past several years, serious technical limitations continue to exist. The need for further development may be most pronounced in vascular graft procedures, since there is such a wide range of different clinical situations that require replacement of injured vessels. Some examples include accidents in which extremities are severely injured or may require amputation; the use of skin, muscle, or bone flaps in reconstructive surgery; surgical procedures involving the coronary arteries; neurosurgical cerebral revascularization procedures; vascular surgery procedures when distal ischémic areas occur in upper and lower limbs.
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Gutierrez-Diaz, J.A., Cuevas, P., Carceller, F., Reimers, D. (1986). Polytetrafluorethylene Grafts in Microvascular Surgery. In: Kossowsky, R., Kossovsky, N. (eds) Materials Sciences and Implant Orthopedic Surgery. NATO ASI Series, vol 116. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4474-9_29
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