The British journal of surgery
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There is a need for prosthetic venous conduits in surgery for trauma, cancer and thrombotic disease. Such conduits in use today have a low patency rate, leaving room for much improvement. ⋯ The seeding process did not seem to affect early thrombogenicity. The carefully dissected vein wall showed highly thrombogenic properties, in many ways as high as in the prosthetic graft.