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PTFE Prostheses in Leg Arteries Reconstruction

IV Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma, Rome, Italy

Pietro Gallo

I Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università degli Studi di Roma, Rome, Italy

Vincenzo Sciacca

IV Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma, Rome, Italy

Mariano Garofalo

IV Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma, Rome, Italy

Antonio Sterpetti

IV Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma, Rome, Italy

Sergio Stipa

The authors report their experience of 67 consecutive patients submitted to reconstruction of the below-the-knee arteries by means of expanded PTFE (Gore-Tex) prostheses.

Results in terms of patency and limb salvage are not of absolute value owing to the lack of selection of patients, most of whom were at very high risk. However, a lower performance in comparison to autologous vein graft was evident.

A pathologic study of patent, occluded and infected grafts is presented: the high level of "biocompatibility" of such grafts is confirmed.

A high incidence of infection both of patent and occluded grafts was a relevant feature of the casuistic.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 17, No. 5, 269-282 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/153857448301700502


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