USE OF BIOLOGICAL GLUE IN ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION - PRELIMINARY CLINICAL RESULTS WITH A NEW SURGICAL TECHNIQUE

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 77  (4) , 516-521
Abstract
Use of a biological glue (GRF) is common in certain fields such as hepatic or renal surgery; its use in vascular surgery, especially in acute aortic dissection, has not yet been reported. Use of the biological glue has many advantages: the glue is simple and safe to use; the aortic tissues are firmly reinforced and the sutures tighten immediately. The proximal aortic stump is anatomically reconstructed and the aortic valve can be preserved and coronary reimplantation avoided. The preoperative and postoperative bleeding rates are low and the postoperative course is simple. The risk of maintenance or recurrence of the dissection process is reduced. Hospital mortality rate can be reduced to about 10% and the long-term survival rate greatly improved.

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