Polyvinyl Alcohol Sponges to Facilitate Cerebral Bypass Surgery: Technical Note.
Anastomosis
Cerebral bypass
Microsurgical technique
PVA
Polyvinyl alcohol
Journal
World neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
Titre abrégé: World Neurosurg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101528275
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2021
12 2021
Historique:
received:
24
06
2021
revised:
01
09
2021
accepted:
02
09
2021
pubmed:
12
9
2021
medline:
12
1
2022
entrez:
11
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The standard way of isolating bypass vessels from surrounding structures during cerebral bypass surgery has been to use a rubber dam or neurosurgical patty. Here, the use of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) sponges is described as a possible upgrade from these traditional bypass dams. PVA sponges were used to isolate bypass arteries from surrounding tissues during microvascular anastomosis in 25 patients undergoing bypass surgery at our institution. There were no adverse events related to the use of PVA for microvascular anastomosis. PVA sponges offered some specific advantages when compared with rubber and cottonoid dams. Although preliminary, our experience using PVA sponges during microvascular anastomosis suggests some of their properties can facilitate cerebral bypass surgery.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34508907
pii: S1878-8750(21)01345-0
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.007
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Polyvinyl Alcohol
9002-89-5
Types de publication
Journal Article
Technical Report
Video-Audio Media
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
53-55Informations de copyright
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