title: Teflon reinforcement of an uninterrupted aortic anastomosis.
abstract: In the experience of the author, Teflon reinforcement of an uninterrupted aortic anastomosis has proved to be a rapid and reliable method to avoid excessive blood loss during reconstruction of the abdominal aorta with a prosthetic arterial graft. This approach has been especially appropriate when the aorta is too calcified or flimsy to permit a conventional, continuous suture technique.
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D013536:Suture Techniques
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene