Suture retention strength of expanded polytetraf luoroethylene (ePTFE) graft

Yoshinari Mine; Hideya Mitsui; Yu Oshima; Yasuharu Noishiki; Mikizo Nakai; Shunji Sano

Suture retention strength of expanded polytetraf luoroethylene (ePTFE) graft

Yoshinari Mine, Hideya Mitsui, Yu Oshima, Yasuharu Noishiki, Mikizo Nakai, Shunji Sano

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Abstract

Our meticulous investigation of ePTFE graft breakage when a wire placed at the edge of an ePTFE graft was pulled, revealed that, depending on the breakage pattern, a break starts much earlier than the peak suture retention strength, which is the current international indicator for anastomotic-site break strength. Furthermore, the breakage patterns differ based on the thickness of the wire and the fiber direction of the ePTFE graft. Based on these findings, we advocate measuring the peak suture retention strength using 0.10-mm sutures and a standardized wire thickness in order to assess the anas-tomotic retention strength of ePTFE grafts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121-128
Number of pages	8
Journal	Acta medica Okayama
Volume	64
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Apr 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anastomotic strength
Eptfe
Suture retention strength

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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