Computed tomographic imaging and mechanical analysis of cellophane banding secured with locking polymer clips for portosystemic shunts in canine cadavers.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether cellophane banding secured with locking polymer clips on cadaveric splenic veins would cause less CT imaging artifact and achieve equivalent mechanical strength, compared with cellophane banding secured with metal vascular clips. ANIMALS 10 canine cadavers. PROCEDURES Clips of each material were applied to each cadaver in a crossover design study.