Reliable and cost-effective system for surgical stent graft insertion.

Nomura, F; Mukai, S; Fumimoto, Y; Shimazutsu, K; Ihara, K · Ann Thorac Surg · 2000

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Abstract

For intraoperative stented graft implantation, we use a half-inch translucent soft polyvinyl tube as a sheath and an obturator from a two-stage venous cannula as a pushing rod. Ten centimeters of any kind of graft can be used for the stent graft itself. The stent we used was a self-expandable Gianturco double Z stent and was sutured inside the graft.

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