J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 92(7): 874-884, 1991
Original article
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE STRENGTH IN ARTERIAL PROSTHETIC ANASTOMOSES: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANASTOMOTIC TENSILE STRENGTH AND ITS ORGANIZATION
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First Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan Ken-ichi Ashizawa |
Five types of composite grafts, about 3.0cm in length, were implanted in the abdominal aorta of fifty-two adult mongrel dogs using absorbable polyglycolic acid suture. At 16 weeks after the implantation, if the composite graft was patent, tensile strength of the bilateral anastomoses were measured and its organizations were examined microscopically.
The mean forces required to disrupt the anastomoses of velour woven Dacron, velour knitted Dacron and E-PTFE were greater than those of woven Teflon and woven Dacron. At the disrupted sites of woven Teflon and woven Dacron, which were non-velour grafts, fibrous outer sheath were remarkably separated from the grafts. This results indicate that organization and fixation of fibrous outer sheath are the most important factors in the strength of arterial prosthetic anastomoses and velour grafts have superiority over non-velour grafts. The organization of E-PTFE was poor, but its tensile strength was equal to velour grafts. It is considered E-PTFE has an advantage due to non-crimped structure and requires further evaluation over longer period.
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