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AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

HERBERT F. THURSTON, M.D.; EMMETT B. LAMB, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1933;27(4):786-800.

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Obstruction of the lumen by blood clotting at the suture line is the chief hazard to the physiologic function of a blood vessel the ends of which have been joined by a circular suture. That this is the greatest risk in repair of a blood vessel is emphasized by many observers. Horsley,¹ Smith,² McNealy³ and Buchanan⁴ agreed that thromboses occur after many arterial sutures.

With the Carrel technic in skilled hands, according to Sofoteroff,⁵ thrombosis occurs in a large percentage of cases. Moszkowicz⁶ feared the circular suture because of thrombosis. A review⁷ of the papers on vascular surgery written by important German surgeons and published during the World War reveals that the occurrence of early or progressive thrombosis after operations on arteries is frequent. It is a fair estimate in the opinion of that reviewer that in half of the cases in which . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
INDIANAPOLIS

From the Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine.

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Aided by a grant from the Committee on Scientific Research of the American Medical Association.

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