Abstract
The effect of nicotine on anastomotic patency was studied using an isogenic rat-knee transplantation model. Animals were divided into experimental and control groups, with experimental animals exposed to either 40 days of twice-daily nicotine injections (Group 1-chronic exposure) or acute nicotine exposure by graft perfusion (Group 2-acute exposure). Four and 6 hr warm ischemia times were studied. Syngeneic rat knees were transplanted from donor to recipient by microvascular anastomosis of the femoral vessels. There was a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) in anastomotic patency after 4 hr of ischemia in Group 1 animals exposed to nicotine (33 percent patency) vs. controls (89 percent patency). In addition, there was a statistically significant difference in anastomotic patency after 4 hr of ischemia in Group 2 animals exposed to nicotine (11 percent patency) vs. controls (67 percent patency). No significant differences between controls and Group 1 animals were noted in anastomotic patency after 6 hr of ischemia. Both acute and chronic nicotine exposure reduces anastomotic patency after short intervals of warm ischemia in vascularized composite tissue grafts. This detrimental effect is lost when the ischemic interval is prolonged to periods with poor anastomotic patency rates related to the ischemia/reperfusion itself.
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