Arteriovenous loop grafts for free tissue transfer
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The Arteriovenous (AV) Loop in a Small Animal Model to Study Angiogenesis and Vascularized Tissue Engineering
Published on: November 2, 2016
Benjamin Lind1, Walter McCarthy, Gordon Derman
1Division of Vascular Surgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, IL, USA. benjamin.lind@gmail.com
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
|February 21, 2012
Abstract:
Arteriovenous (AV) loop grafts are a type of vascular conduit that can be used to support free tissue transfer. Wounds of various etiologies may require free tissue transfer, and the AV loop graft is a useful adjunct when adjacent blood supply is inadequate. Here we present 2 cases and review the technique and published literature.

