The hospital reported that during femoral-popliteal bypass procedure, the surgeon tunnelled the graft as usual.After making a cut in the graft to match it with the vessel, he began to suture the graft into place.While suturing, he commented that the dacron outer layer was peeling away from the ptfe.The surgeon continued to suture, then stated that the ptfe was shredding at the end and pulling part.The end of the graft was cut and the remainder of the graft was used without any issues.It was reported that no cutting needle was used.
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