Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
August 29, 2011 05:05 pm

Joining Blood Vessels Without Sutures

Med-trump writes "Stanford microsurgeons have used a poloxamer gel and bioadhesive, rather than a needle and thread, to join together blood vessels. The technique, published in the recent issue of Nature Medicine, may replace the 100-year-old method of reconnecting severed blood vessels with sutures. According to the authors of the study, 'ultimately, this has the potential to improve patient care by decreasing amputations, strokes and heart attacks while reducing health-care costs.'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/QsiJvFED8R8/Joining-Blood-Vessels-Without-Sutures

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Slashdot

Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..

More About this Source Visit Slashdot