Use of the Mechanical Leech for Successful Zone I Replantation
Figure 1
Details of the mechanical leech. (a) Schematic of the mechanical leech. A: Proper digital artery, B: distal transverse arch, and C: central artery. (b) After the arterial anastomosis, the remaining branch of the central artery, which drains after the artery inflow, was easily identified. The angioneedle was anastomosed to the branch and functioned as a conduit for venous drainage.
