Sakamoto T, Arai H, Sunamori M
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1997 Oct;64(4):1186-7. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(97)00825-4.
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.
