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Rat vein graft model table setup

08.01 Rat Vein Graft Model Table setup

Introduction

Vascular grafting becomes important whenever vessel ends are too short to be joined by a simple end-to-end anastomosis.
In this exercise, a segment of femoral vein will be used to elongate the abdominal aorta.
The challenges in this exercise are: (a) maneuvering the freely floating venous graft, and (b) avoiding tearing the venous wall while placing stitches and tying knots.

 

Table setup and materials

The setup is the same as for the rat abdominal aorta model.