Bethesda, MD - Review of consecutive cases at one institution has shown that many patients undergoing percutaneous revascularization of diseased saphenous vein grafts (SVG) do not have suitable ...

The rectal tube is inserted after anesthesia is induced when resecting the proximal 2/3 of colon and delayed until after anastomosis is completed for the distal 1/3 of the colon and the rectum.

Cardica (CRDC), a Redwood City, CA, company that makes anastomosis systems for coronary artery bypass graft [CABG] surgery, has raised $11.9 million in a private placement led by A.G. Edwards and ...

The PAS-Port(R) Proximal Anastomosis System is marketed in Europe and Japan, and Cardica has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification for clearance to market the PAS-Port system in the United States.

Dextera Surgical also markets the only automated anastomosis devices for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery on the market today: the C-Port ® Distal Anastomosis Systems and PAS-Port ...

According to Mergener, this end-to-side surgical technique between the distal jejunum and stomach, was first performed by César Roux. Roux was born in Switzerland in 1857 and was News News ...

This anastomosis is usually sutured in 2 layers, but may be stapled. In patients at high risk because of extreme obesity, the procedure may be done in 2 stages, first sleeve gastrectomy, and then ...