title: Surgical clip for compression of the aortic wall during gluing.
abstract: An acrylic clip was developed to compress the dissected aortic wall during gluing. These small instruments have a concave-convex contact face adjusted to the most common graft size. There are several advantages to this method of treatment of acute aortic dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunamori
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014014:Tissue Adhesives
chemical_list: D014014:Tissue Adhesives