Improving Surgical Methods for Studying Vascular Grafts in Animal Models

While clinical vascular grafting uses an end-to-side surgical method, researchers primarily use end-to-end implant techniques in preclinical models. This may be due in part to the limitations of using small animal models in research. The work presented here provides support and evidence for the improvement of vascular graft implant techniques by demonstrating the successful implantation of experimental grafts into both large and small animal …