TissueDB/Materials/Animal Blood Vessel

Animal blood vessel here refers to an artery harvested from a poultry wing for microsurgical anastomosis training. The listed models use chicken brachial arteries to represent distal anterior cerebral or middle cerebral arteries, and turkey brachial arteries to represent the superficial temporal artery. Vessel calibre is selected to suit the target artery.^[1]^[2]

Tissues

Tissue	Simulator	Notes
Distal anterior cerebral artery (pericallosal branches)	Grapefruit dACA Bypass Simulator	Chicken wing brachial artery, with adventitia removed at the vessel ends.^[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, selected for its similarity in diameter to the target 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.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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 ^2.2 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.

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[cikla_2020-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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.

[akdag_2024-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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.

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