title: Deterioration of suture materials at prosthetic-host anastomoses.
abstract: We experienced a case of polypropylene suture rupture at anastomosis 5 years after fabric vascular graft implantation. Under a scanning electron microscope, the removed suture had a tapering-off breakage at the end and tortoiseshell-like deep cracks near the end. The tapered stump indicated that the suture had been stretched out gradually and had finally fractured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. 4CRNRY@hij.twmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aomi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008422:Materials Testing; D008853:Microscopy; D020527:Microscopy, Scanning Probe; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes