Table 3
From: New device for saphenous vein-to-aorta proximal anastomosis without side-clamping
Disadvantages | |
|---|---|
Need for manual dexterity | |
Need for rapid blind manoeuvre | scalpel, finger, punch, finger, device (but it is the same thing with the other devices) |
Inversion of the suture | could be not acceptable to everyone |
Need for a bigger needle | large enough to pass through the aorta and the device itself |
Not a completely bloodless field | blood pressure has to be lowered by vasodilators |