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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:2181-2182
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

New technology

Invited commentary

Ernst Wolner, MD, Marek P. Ehrlich, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20 Wien 1090, Austria

e-mail: ernst.wolner@akh-wien.ac.at

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In 1968, Gottlob and Blümel [1] described a method for anastomosing small vessels with a diameter of 2 mm or less with the aid of adhesive rings. Both ends of the vessels were everted over a small plastic ring, fixed with cyanoacrilate glue, and then linked with a "Quick Connector."

At that time, we attempted this procedure in a canine model with the use of left heart bypass, to make a mammary coronary end-to-end anastomosis with this device. It failed because cyanoacrilate was too toxic for the thin vessel wall; this resulted in necrosis of the wall . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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