SOVIET APPARATUS FOR SUTURING BLOOD VESSELS

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• Document Release Date: October 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 574
• Publication Date: February 25, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Oct 1951
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SOVI:.'T AFFA.iA_U:^FOF 3VPimING BLOOD VESSELS
During World War 11, suturing of blood vessels was performed only by sur-
geons who were adept in this particular technique. Although many of the
wounded hav!i;g injures of large bloca vessels were saved, most surgeons were
unable to do fine eirg,.ty on blccd v c'e15 particularly under the conditions
imposed by war and existing in the field. This state of affairs served as a
stimulus to the development. of a new surg~cnl appliance for suturing.
The work it question, u;,1oh has been successfully completed, was done by a
group of engineers and physicians headed by V. F. Gudov, Engineer-Designer of
the All-Union Scientific Pesearch Tnstitute of Medical Instrumentation and
Equipment and Sorgeoc P. 1. Andrew of the LFirst Ai] Institute imeni Skli-
fosovskiy.
The apparatus developed by tni; rroup represents a considerable advance in
the technique of vascular surgery. It can be used not only by specialists but
also by any ordinary surgeon.
For applying annular sutures to blood vessels with varying wall thickness,*
and ranging in diameter from 1.4 t.o 12 mm, three appliances of different dimen-
sions are provided. The three appliances differ only In their dimensions: they
work in exactly the same manner. The small and medium apparatus have four sets
of interchangeable sleeves ea::h. The small apparatus is used for suturing
blood vessels 1.4.4 mm in diameter, the medium apparatus for vessels 4-8 mm in
diameter. The large apparatus is used for vessels 8-12 mm in diameter and is
equipped with three sets of interchangeable sleeves. Each apparatus is pro-
vided with the following additional parts. two clamps for stopping blood flow;
a quantity of flanges corresponding to the number of sleeves; magazines corre-
sponding in quantity to the number of sleeve sets; two anatomical eye clamps
("pincettes"); a set of collars; and a set of clips. With the complete set is
included one single clip, multicharge apparatus for applying longitudinal
sutures to blood vessels.
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The ends of the blood vessel, after being suitably prepared, are sutured
by means of the apparatus with clips made of tantalum wire. Tantalum wire of
varying diameter (100-150-200N) is used, depending on the diameter of the blood
vessels being sutured. After suturing, the tantalum clips do not protrude into
the lumen of the vessels. In the spots where the vessels have been transfixed
by the clips, the blood flows freely and unimpeded over the clips. The diameter
of the vessel which has been sutured is neither increased nor decreased.
Beyond the time required for preparing the vessel, the process of suturing
takes only a fraction of a second. The api:iance is operated by kcessing a
lever. Clinical tests carried out at the Institute of Surgery imeni Professor
Vishnevskiy, Academy of Medical Sciences USSR, the Neurosurgi el Clinic of the
Military Medical Academy imeni S. M. Kirov, the Institute Imeni Sklifosovekiy,
and elsewhere demonstrated the high efficiency of the new apparatus.
Gudov's apparatus opens up wide perspectives, not only as far as surgical
operations on blood vessels are concerned, but also in such fields of clinical
and experimental surgery as the grafting of blood vessels anc. transplantation
of organs.
A detailed description of the new method is given in No S osob Soedi-
neniva Krovenosnvkh Sosudov (A New Method of Joining Blood Vessels , by V. P,
Gudov, Medgiz, Moscow, 1950.
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