USE  OF  PROSTHETIC  GRAFT  MATERIAL

Pearls

ANASTOMOTIC  CONSIDERATIONS

Spatulate  or  Bevel  the  Conduit

Purpose: to prevent stenosis and mitigate size mismatch between conduit and in situ vessel

Bevel: to cut the edge of the conduit and in situ vessel (Figure 4)

Spatulate: to open the vessel to increase diameter (Figure 5)