Table 2.

Animals, operative procedures, patency, and gross and microscopic evaluation of the explanted grafts.

Number	Side	Anastomosis	Graft length (mm)	Flow, initial (ml/min)	Flow after sling (ml/min)	Sling location	Flow, final(b) (ml/min)
(1)	dx(a)	-	-	-	-	-	-
	sin	ETE	45	170	-	No	220
(2)	dx	ETE	45	230	120	Inflow ACC	130
	sin	ETE	50	230	-	No	180
(3)	dx	ETE	40	160	70	Prox. and dist. end of the graft	160
	sin	ETS	35	160	-	ACC closed by ligature	140
(4)	dx	ETS	65	250	100	ACC closed by ligature + sling in the outflow ACC	0
	sin	ETE	75	255	-	No	~0
(5)	dx	ETS	60	340	120	ACC closed by ligature + sling in the outflow ACC	168
	sin	ETE	60	270	-	No	170
(6)	dx	ETE	60	220	250	Sling in the outflow ACC	160
	sin	ETE	65	480	-	No	172
(7)	dx	ETS	50	240	145	ACC closed by 2 ligatures + sling in the outflow ACC	170
	sin	ETE	60	425	-	ACC closed by 2 ligatures	237

^(a)Not implanted due to technical complications with the prosthesis; ^(b)before explantation. ACC: common carotid artery; ETE: end-to-end anastomosis; ETS: end-to-side anastomosis; dx: right; sin: left.