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A Novel Tenorrhaphy Suture Technique with Tissue Engineered Collagen Graft to Repair Large Tendon Defects
Published on: December 10, 2021
Deterioration of suture materials at prosthetic-host anastomoses
Yasuko Tomizawa1, Shigeyuki Aomi
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. 4CRNRY@hij.twmu.ac.jp
Abstract:
We experienced a case of polypropylene suture rupture at anastomosis 5 years after fabric vascular graft implantation. Under a scanning electron microscope, the removed suture had a tapering-off breakage at the end and tortoiseshell-like deep cracks near the end. The tapered stump indicated that the suture had been stretched out gradually and had finally fractured.
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