title: End-to-end anastomosis between a prosthesis and a vein of different diameters: a technique that maintains a straight vascular axis.
abstract: In a composite femoropopliteal bypass, the intermediate anastomosis between a vascular prosthesis and the available vein is often difficult to carry out because of a discrepancy of the diameter between the two vessels. The end-to-end anastomosis is performed by working with the elasticity of the venous tissue resulting in anastomotic kinking. A technique keeping the vascular axis straight between two vessels of different diameters and elasticity is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hôpital Communal, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Merlini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dusmet
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery*