Synthetic heart valves could help surgeons improve surgical skills
Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 14:32
in Health & Medicine
A new invention has made it possible for doctors to vastly improve their bypass surgery techniques without relying on animals. The polyvinyl 'tissue' makes it possible for surgeons and medical residents to practice bypass surgery using the synthetic material as opposed to the current practice of using the arteries and veins of dead pigs or human cadavers.