J Korean Soc Plast Reconstr Surg.  1999 May;26(3):448-452.

The Effect of Ginkgo Biloba Extract(EGb 761)on the Patency Rate after Microvascular Anastomosis on Severely Damaged Microvasculature in the Rats

• Kang SR
• Lee DJ
• Cha JH
• Kim YW

Abstract

Replantation after crush amputation has a relatively low success rate. Thrombus formation due to vessel and tissue trauma is considered as the principal cause of failure. In the laboratory and clinically, we have been tried to improve the post-anastomosis patency rate in crushed microvasculature. To accomplish this, we have usually used several anticoagulant drugs. Extracts from the leaves of Ginkgo biloba (EGb) have been used therapeutically for centuries. EGb exerts a number of pharmacologic actions. Eighty rats were control group and another 80 rats were treated with EGb 761. The femoral arteries underwent crush injury with an energy of 0.4J, and the vessles in each group were divided and anastomosed by a standard microsurgical technique. Each group was comprised as follows: (1) control group(A1,A2): group A1(n=40); intraluminal saline irrigation, group A2(n=40); intraluminal saline irrigation+heparin 40 u/ml(IV). (2) EGb 761 treated group(B1, B2): groupB1(n=40); intraluminal saline irrigation, group B2(n=40); intraluminal saline irrigation + heparin 40 u/ml(IV). At postoperative 14 days, the patency rates were; group A1 20%, group A2 77.5%, group B1 47.5%, group B2 92.5%. These results were interpreted as follows: the patency rate was significantly increased in the EGb 761-only treated group(p>0.01), the heparin-only treated group(p>0.01), and the EGb 761 and heparin-combined at crushed microvessel surgery. However the patency rate of the EGb-only treated group was significantly lower than that of the heparin-only treated group(p>0.01). And in the EGb 761 and heparin-combined treated group compared to the heparin-only treated group, there was some patency rate increase in the combined treated group, but there was no significant difference between them(p=0.060).

MeSH Terms

Amputation
Animals
Anticoagulants
Femoral Artery
Ginkgo biloba*
Heparin
Microvessels*
Pharmacologic Actions
Rats*
Replantation
Thrombosis
Anticoagulants
Heparin
Pharmacologic Actions