Infrapopliteal prosthetic graft patency by use of the distal adjunctive arteriovenous fistula
| Autor: | Mark Kahn, Ibrahim M. Ibrahim, Fred Wolodiger, Herbert Dardik, Alan Dardik, Silvia M. Berry, Joseph Pecoraro, Barry Sussman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Reoperation medicine.medical_specialty Prosthetic graft Duplex ultrasonography Umbilical Veins medicine.medical_treatment Arteriovenous fistula Prosthesis Lower limb Arteriovenous Shunt Surgical Medicine Humans Saphenous Vein Vascular Patency Aged Ultrasonography Aged 80 and over Leg business.industry Anastomosis Surgical Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Blood Vessel Prosthesis Femoral Artery medicine.anatomical_structure Female Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Limb loss Blood Flow Velocity Artery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of vascular surgery. 13(5) |
| ISSN: | 0741-5214 |
| Popis: | From November 1979 through December 1989, 210 distal arteriovenous fistulas were constructed as adjuncts to tibial and peroneal vascular reconstructive procedures in 203 patients threatened with limb loss. Two-year cumulative patency rates were calculated by grouping patients on the basis of changing indications in sequential time periods: group 1 (n = 61): 1979 to 1983, 18%; group 2 (n = 80): 1983 to 1986, 33%; group 3 (n = 69): 1986 to 1989, 44%. Although the therapeutic results observed in these groups are not statistically comparable, they show a perceptible trend. Postoperative arteriography showed that flow is prograde in the distal vessels beyond the distal arteriovenous fistula. Graft surveillance by duplex ultrasonography also confirmed that flow in the distal arteries is prograde and that "steal" does not occur. Peak systolic velocity (174 +/- 38 cm/sec) and mean velocity (92 +/- 23) flow rates are increased in grafts with patent distal arteriovenous fistulas compared to those bypasses with closed distal arteriovenous fistulas (p less than 0.01). There were no differences in the flow measurements for the arteries beyond the distal anastomoses and distal arteriovenous fistulas, confirming the prograde nature of the distal flow. In 22 patients analysis of graft and fistula patency by duplex sonography showed that one fourth of all grafts were patent without fistulas at 1 and 2 years after operation. Alternatively, 68% of patent grafts at 1 year had patent fistulas and 58% had patent fistulas at 2 years. We conclude that the distal arteriovenous fistula will increase graft flow and simultaneously prevent distal arterial overload without causing "steal." This technique should be considered whenever a prosthetic graft is necessary for crural reconstruction and only in selected instances of revascularization with autologous veins. |
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