| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for sizing an intravascular graft which is to be secured on an existing vascular vessel. A sizing gauge having a handle with at least one sizing element of known diameter secured to an end of same is provided. Sizing elements of known diameter are inserted into the lumen of a vessel being grafted, one at a time, until one of a sizing element fits snugly in the lumen. A premanufactured graft is then selected according to the size of the snug-fitting sizing element. |
