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8282741

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
This study follows the recently published paper on the in vivo behaviour of patent Dacron vascular prostheses and focuses in particular on anastomotic disjunction. The question of the evolution of anastomoses was tackled by examining its three basic components: prosthetic tissue, suture thread and arterial wall. The authors' observations were based on material taken from reoperations performed between 7 and 18 years after the first graft. These data enable the authors to affirm that the prosthesis undergoes a general physical and chemical deterioration which varies in intensity according to the type of weaving. On the contrary, in the anastomotic zone this phenomenon is not intense enough to jeopardize the anchorage of the suture thread since the original weft does not show any loss of compactness. In spite of surface morphological deterioration of various intensity, the suture threads maintain satisfactory mechanical properties and structural integrity. The artery wall in the anastomotic zone shows a massive degeneration in terms of its true anatomic structure responsible for the rupture of the suture rima. On the basis of these results the authors conclude that this phenomenon represents the "Achilles' heel" of anastomotic junction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9509
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
369-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Anastomotic disjunction in long-term patent vascular synthetic grafts in Dacron.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, Milan University, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports