posted on 2016-02-15, 11:49authored byDaniel Nicholas Martin Coakley, F.M Shaikh, K O'Sullivan, Eamon G. Kavanagh, Pierce A. Grace, Stewart R. Walsh, Timothy M. McGloughlin
Introduction
Existing synthetic vascular grafts have unacceptably high failure rates when replacing
small diameter infrapopliteal vessels [1]. The lack of a confluent endothelial lining is
repeatedly cited as the most common cause of conduit failure [2, 3].
History
Publication
International Journal of Surgery;25, pp. 31-37
Publisher
Elsevier
Note
peer-reviewed
Rights
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Surgery. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of SurgerY, 2016, 25, pp. 31-37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.11.008