A randomized clinical trial of PTFE versus human umbilical vein for femoropopliteal bypass surgery. Preliminary results

Autor: Christian Mouritzen, Hans Rostad, L. Norgren, B. F. Ericsson, Jens H. Eickhoff, A. Bromme, H. J. Buchardt Hansen, A. Trippestad, H. O. Myhre, K. F. Kordt
Rok vydání: 1983
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Zdroj: The British journal of surgery. 70(2)
ISSN: 0007-1323
Popis: PTFE (Goretex) and modified human umbilical vein (Biograft) vascular grafts were compared in femorodistal popliteal artery bypass surgery in a randomized clinical multicentre trial. During 18 months 104 patients (104 limbs) entered the trial. Twenty-five patients suffered from claudication, 54 suffered rest pain and 25 patients had ulceration or gangrene. The median preoperative ankle–arm blood pressure index was 0·34. Twenty-three limbs had 3 patent tibial arteries, 45 limbs had 2 tibial arteries, 31 limbs had 1 tibial artery while 5 limbs had an isolated popliteal segment. Thirty-six of the operations were redo-operations. Fifty-four patients were allocated to PTFE and 50 to umbilical vein. During follow-up (maximum 650 days) 24 PTFE grafts occluded against 12 umbilical veins. The 1-year patency rate was 40 per cent in the PTFE group against 75 per cent in the umbilical vein group (P = 0·014, Gehans test). During the first year the PTFE failure rate was on average 3·1 times higher than that of the umbilical vein.
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