SHOULD PERI-OPERATIVE INFRA-INGUINAL GRAFT DUPLEX SCANS BE ROUTINELY PERFORMED?

Autor: Tong, Yisha, Royle, John
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Zdroj: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery; Apr98, Vol. 68 Issue 4, p251, 4p, 4 Charts
Abstrakt: Assesses the value of routine peri-operative graft duplex ultrasound study in the management of infra-inguinal graft to determine the optimal starting time for duplex graft surveillance. Ability of duplex ultrasound duplex graft surveillance to detect graft stenosis; Measurement of the ankle/brachial systolic pressure index at the time of each graft duplex examination; Importance of a long-term non-invasive graft surveillance program in the detection of graft stenosis.
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