The securing of a polyethylene tube prior to intravascular dye injection in anatomic microcirculation research: the three-tie technique.
A simple and reliable method for securing the cannulated polyethylene tube to the blood vessel wall prior to intravascular dye injection is described. The three-tie technique has been used in many vascular anatomic studies without any leakage of the injection fluid taking place around the tube.
Har-Shai
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Moscona
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Peled
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Hirshowitz
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D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D011095:Polyethylenes; D015607:Stents; D013536:Suture Techniques
D004396:Coloring Agents; D011095:Polyethylenes