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* Reproduced with permission of the British Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 19, pp. 15-22, 1966. Published by Churchill Livingstone Medical Journals, Edinburgh, Scotland.
with pulsation changes in the vascular tree. This in our opinion can best be achieved with a suture repair utilising materials and equipment scaled down to the minute size and texture of the vessels involved. The term " microminiature " has been borrowed from the electronic field to describe repairs on vessels of 0-040 in. (I mm.) and smaller. Instrumentation.-Over the past several years we have tested a wide variety of materials in an attempt to find a suture material that is small, strong, and flexible (see table). Breaking Strength in Grams
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