New Absorbable Microvascular Anastomotic Devices Representing a Modified Sleeve Technique: Evaluation of Two Types of Source Material and Design.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to create a new absorbable vascular anastomotic coupler and evaluate the patency and degradation degree. Vascular anastomosis was performed in the jugular vein in 31 New Zealand white female rabbits. The coupler consisted of an inner and outer ring. One side of the jugular vein was passed through and overlapped the inner ring. The opposite side of the jugular vein overlapped the everted jugular vein on the inner ring. Then, the outer ring engaged with the inner ring and completed the anastomosis. The outer rings were also constructed with two shapes including an O-type that had no slit and a C-type with a slit on the outer ring of the O-type coupler to allows expandability of the diameter. A Phase I experiment was performed to evaluate the degradability of the

SUBMITTER: Jeong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662823 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature