Sutureless mechanical anastomosis of a saphenous vein graft to a coronary artery with a new connector device

Sutureless mechanical anastomosis of a saphenous vein graft to a coronary artery with a new connector device

Construction of vascular anastomoses by manual suturing is a highly skilled and time-consuming procedure. The St Jude Medical Anastomotic Technology Group has developed a sutureless mechanical anastomosis device, which, when tested in animals, produced anastomoses in less than 3 min and with little...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 357; no. 9260; pp. 931 - 932
Main Authors: Eckstein, Friedrich S, Bonilla, Luis F, Meyer, Beat, Berg, Todd A, Neidhart, Peter P, Schmidli, Jürg, Carrel, Thierry P
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Elsevier Ltd 24-03-2001
Lancet
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Automation
Biological and medical sciences
Blood vessels
Coronary Artery Bypass - methods
Humans
Male
Medical instruments
Medical sciences
Medical technology
Middle Aged
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
Surgical Equipment
Human
Case study
Connector
Saphenous vein
Surgery
Device
Coronary artery
Adult
Male
Surgical arteriovenous anastomosis
Technique
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Summary:Construction of vascular anastomoses by manual suturing is a highly skilled and time-consuming procedure. The St Jude Medical Anastomotic Technology Group has developed a sutureless mechanical anastomosis device, which, when tested in animals, produced anastomoses in less than 3 min and with little training. Here we present the results of the first clinical saphenous-vein to coronary-artery anastomosis by means of this device.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04216-1