Sutureless Anastomoses Secrets for Success /

• Main Author: Tozzi, Piergiorgio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Darmstadt : Steinkopff, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiac surgery.; Vascular surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Vascular Surgery.

When doctors first look at sutureless anastomosis devices created by new technologies, the most frequent comment is how amazingly easy it is to create a vascular anastomosis and, as a direct consequence, they believe anybody could play the role of the cardiovascular surgeon. Pessimistic c- diovascul...

Table of Contents:

• Historical overview of vascular anastomoses
• The physiology of blood flow and artery wall
• Mathematic modelling of vascular anastomoses
• Determinants of anastomosis long term patency
• Key issues in sutureless vascular anastomoses
• Coronary surgery: devices for proximal anastomosis
• Coronary surgery: devices for distal anastomoses
• Sutureless anastomotic devices for vascular surgery
• Human body and metal alloys: the never ending fight
• Criteria for vascular anastomosis devices assessment.