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Table 6 Evaluation of aortic patch in relation to the thickness of the internal apposition fibrosis of the retail deployed in the aorta.

From: Bovine pericardium retail preserved in glutaraldehyde and used as a vascular patch

 

SF

RF

p

Zero

1 st degree

-

9

-

-

< 0.001

< 0.001

2 nd degree

4

-

< 0.001

3 rd degree

1

14

< 0.001

  1. p < 0.001 - Chi Square test. SF: Smooth Face - Thickness of fibrosis; RF: Rough Face - Thickness of fibrosis. (Zero) Absent; (1st degree) light, when the fibrosis thickness was lower than the retail; (2nd degree) moderate, when the fibrosis thickness was the same of the retail; (3rd degree) intense, when the fibrosis thickness was higher than the retail.
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BMC Surgery

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