Use of prostheses made of ePTFE in anastomoses of the rat uterine horn
Formelli, G.; Paolucci, R.; Demaria, F.; Sani, G.
Bollettino della Societa Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale 65(11): 1067-1072
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-8771 PMID: 2629825 Document Number: 327744
ePTFE prostheses were used in the microsurgical anastomosis of the rat uterine horn. Handling characteristics of this synthetic material during the performance of anastomosis were tested. Patency rates, infections and local tissue reaction were evaluated after thirty and sixty days. Connective tissue infiltration and incomplete endothelialization by normal endometrial elements were observed on the luminal surface of the prosthesis.