TissueDB/Materials/Animal Blood Vessel
Animal blood vessel is an artery dissected from a raw poultry specimen — most often the brachial artery of a chicken or turkey wing — used as a low-cost, tissue-realistic substitute for a human vessel in microsurgical anastomosis training. A fresh avian brachial artery has a wall thickness, calibre and handling feel close to small human cerebral or peripheral arteries, so a trainee can cut, clip and suture a real vessel wall at a fraction of the cost of cadaveric or commercial models. The specimen is matched to the target vessel by calibre — chicken wing or chicken brachial artery (about 1 mm) for smaller recipients, turkey brachial artery (about 1.0–1.5 mm) for larger donors.
Tissues
| Tissue | Visual | Tactile | Simulator | Notes |
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| Distal anterior cerebral artery (pericallosal branches) | Grapefruit dACA Bypass Simulator | Chicken wing brachial artery; the side-to-side dACA anastomosis uses two 5–6 cm segments matched in calibre, and Cikla 2020 lays out two whole wings among the per-session components (Figure 4A). Adventitia stripped ~1 mm each end; ends cannulated over 2.5 cm angiocatheters and tied with 3-0 nylon; anastomosis with 10-0 nylon. Self-cannulated synthetic tubing is the reusable alternative when fresh wing is unavailable.[1] | ||
| Superficial temporal artery (STA, donor) | STA-MCA Bypass Trainer (Akdag) | Turkey brachial artery as the donor STA proxy — a 5–6 cm segment about 1.0–1.5 mm in calibre, chosen because it is close to the human STA; microbranches ligated with 10-0 sutures and replaced fresh each session (about US$2 per vessel).[2] | ||
| Middle cerebral artery (MCA, M4 recipient) | STA-MCA Bypass Trainer (Akdag) | Chicken brachial artery as the recipient MCA-M4 proxy, about 1 mm in calibre, isolated between two microclips for the arteriotomy (about US$1 per vessel). Akdag's Table 2 lists this vessel as a "chicken femoral artery" while the paper's body text describes the brachial artery; the body text is followed here.[2] |
References
[edit source]- ↑ Cikla U, Rowley P, Jennings Simoes EL, Ozaydin B, Goodman SL, Avci E, Baskaya MK, Patel NJ. Grapefruit Training Model for Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Side-to-Side Bypass. World Neurosurgery 2020;138:39–51. DOI 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.02.107. PMID 32109640.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Akdag BA, Akdag B, Ikizoglu E, Husemoglu B, Kizmazoglu C, Aydin HE, Ozer E. A Novel Training Model for Superficial Temporal Artery–Middle Cerebral Artery Anastomosis Using Microsurgical Techniques. World Neurosurgery 2024;190:e665–e674. DOI 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.07.200. PMID 39098505.
- ↑ Hino A, Batjer HH, Schackert G, et al. Training in microvascular surgery using a chicken wing artery. Neurosurgery 2003;52:1495–1498. PMID 12762899.
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| Cite as | Arturopelayo (2026). "TissueDB/Materials/Animal Blood Vessel". Appropedia. Retrieved August 12, 2026. |