Title:

Michael DeBakey at home sewing a Dacron artificial artery

Creator:

Baylor College of Medicine

Date:

[1955]

Description:

This photo was probably taken for an article in the Baylor Line, March-April 1955, titled "A Stitch in Time." One of DeBakey's most important surgical innovations was the Dacron vascular graft, which he developed in the early 1950s. The synthetic fabric grafts replaced sections of blood vessels damaged by aneurysms, especially in the aorta. The graft to DeBakey's left would be used in the lower abdominal aorta, where it divides to form the femoral arteries (a common site of aneurysm formation.)

Location:

Box: 27

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Baylor College of Medicine Archives.

Genre:

Photographic prints

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

FJBBBL

NLM ID:

101743405X9

Profiles Collection:

The Michael E. DeBakey Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X9

Story Section:

Building Baylor College of Medicine and Expanding Surgical Frontiers, 1948-1963