Auto-alloplastic arterial prostheses.
Substitution of a resected portion of the aorta by means of auto-alloplastic tubes formed in the omentum was performed in animal experiments. The tubes containing a fibrocollageneous polyester net behaved favourably both functionally and morphologically. The method might find promising application in clinical use.
D000792:Angiography; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous