1231. The flap is now ready to be plumbedin by trying to attach the blood vessels to...
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1231. The flap is now ready to be plumbed
in by trying to attach the blood vessels to those
of the mastectomy site. Can we have the flap, please? Now it's a race against time. Getting the vessels reconnected
quickly is important. When we clip the vessels
and take it off - so that's called flap off time - we have to be efficient in that time
because all the time that the flap's off,
it's not got a blood supply. It's like it's holding its breath,
really. So we need to get it connected
as quickly as we can
in by trying to attach the blood vessels to those
of the mastectomy site. Can we have the flap, please? Now it's a race against time. Getting the vessels reconnected
quickly is important. When we clip the vessels
and take it off - so that's called flap off time - we have to be efficient in that time
because all the time that the flap's off,
it's not got a blood supply. It's like it's holding its breath,
really. So we need to get it connected
as quickly as we can
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1231.
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The flap is now ready to be plumbed
in by trying to attach
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the blood vessels to those
of the mastectomy site.
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Can we have the flap, please?
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Now it's a race against time.
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Getting the vessels reconnected
quickly is important.
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When we clip the vessels
and take it off -
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so that's called flap off time -
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we have to be efficient in that time
because all the time
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that the flap's off,
it's not got a blood supply.
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It's like it's holding its breath,
really.
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So we need to get it connected
as quickly as we can.
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Movie Summary
Cameras follow surgeons, anaesthetists, theatre staff and patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham's surgical unit, where surgeons push medical boundaries to the limit.
