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ArticleScientific reports2021

Mechanical strength and hydrostatic testing of VIVO adhesive in sutureless microsurgical anastomoses: an ex vivo study.

Marius Heitzer, Julia Brockhaus, Kristian Kniha, Felix Merkord, Florian Peters, Frank Hölzle, Evgeny Goloborodko, Ali Modabber

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marius HeitzerDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 13, 52074, Aachen, Germany. mheitzer@ukaachen.de.
Julia BrockhausDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 13, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Kristian KnihaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 13, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Felix MerkordInstitute of Textile Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Florian PetersDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 13, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Frank HölzleDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 13, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Evgeny GoloborodkoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 13, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Ali ModabberDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 13, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional anastomoses with interrupted sutures are challenging and inevitably associated with trauma to the vessel walls. The goal of this study was to evaluate a novel alternative adhesive-based suture-free anastomosis technique that uses an intraluminal stent. Overall, 120 porcine coronary vessels were analyzed in an ex vivo model and were examined for their mechanical (n = 20 per cohort) and hydrostatic strength (n = 20 per cohort). Anastomoses were made using the novel VIVO adhesive with an additional intraluminal nitinol stent and was compared to interrupted suture anastomosis and to native vessels. Sutureless anastomoses withstood pressures 299 ± 4.47 [mmHg] comparable to native vessels. They were performed significantly faster 553.8 ± 82.44 [sec] (p ≤ 0.001) and withstood significantly higher pressures (p ≤ 0.001) than sutured anastomoses. We demonstrate that the adhesive-based anastomosis can also resist unphysiologically high longitudinal tensile forces with a mean of 1.33 [N]. Within the limitations of an in vitro study adhesive-based suture-free anastomosis technique has the biomechanical potential to offer a seamless alternative to sutured anastomosis because of its stability, and faster handling. In vivo animal studies are needed to validate outcomes and confirm safety.

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StentsTensile StrengthAdhesivesAnastomosis, SurgicalAnimalsCoronary VesselsHydrostatic PressureSwineAdhesives

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PMID34193930
PMCPMC8245481
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