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ARTERIAL RECONSTRUCTION WITH POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
Author(s) -
FLETCHER J. P.,
LITTLE J. M.,
LOEWENTHAL JOHN,
MAY J.,
SHEIL A. G. R.,
STEPHEN M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb04943.x
Subject(s) - medicine , polytetrafluoroethylene , popliteal artery , surgery , artery , vein , femoral artery , metallurgy , materials science
Early results ot arterial reconstruction with reintorced expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in the lower extremity have been obtained by reviewing 55 patients undergoing 59 operations – 38 femoropopliteal bypasses and 21 long bypasses distal to the popliteal artery. The one‐year accumulated patency rates were 73% tor the femoropopliteal bypass group and 50% for the long bypass group. Early results suggest that PTFE is superior to Dacron and is an acceptable substitute for autogenous saphenous vein when the latter is unavailable or of inadequate calibre.