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Porcine Model for Internal Mammary Vessels Harvesting

Marta CajozzoSalvatore D’arpaTiziana RoggioPierluigi TosGiorgio De SantisDavide CiclaminiFrancesco MoschellaAdriana CordovaMarco Pignatti

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Settore MED/19 - Chirurgia PlasticaPorcine Model internal Mammary Vessels Harvesting surgical training microsurgerynon applicabile

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Recipient vessels selection is crucial for successful microsurgical breast reconstruction. The internal mammary vessels (IMVs) have gained great popularity, and they are often selected as first choice recipient vessels. The IMVs can be exposed for microvascular anastomosis through a rib-removing (trans-costal) or a rib-sparing (intercostal) approach.1–3 Because the vessels are located between the rib cage and the parietal pleura, adequate training is needed to avoid and eventually manage bleedings and pleural perforation. This training is better performed in a nonhuman model. Our aim was to investigate the pig as a surgical model for IMVs harvesting to be used in training.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-01-01
10.1097/gox.0000000000001664http://hdl.handle.net/10447/413087