[Experimental models of vascular microsurgery on small-calibre arteries]

The authors, after studying the various types of microvascular sutures performed by participants at the Microsurgical Course (Dr Ph. Ploncard) from the Brussel University during a chosen period of over one year, draw several conclusions concerning the results in order to explain the main failures that may be found--aneurysms, stenosis, thrombosis--after surgery. The indications of this type of training are pointed out-extra-intracranial by pass, coronary by pass, flap revascularisation, etc... A good technique gained after an intense training together with an obvious individual predisposition are according to the authors the two main reasons of success in this meticulous surgery.