[Clinical experiences of a new vascular graft prosthesis fabricated from ultrafine polyester fiber (Toray graft)].
A new low porous vascular prosthesis made of a textile of ultra-fine fiber was used clinically in ten patients for whom replacement of the ascending and/or arch aorta were performed. There were no operative deaths after initial operations, but one patient died after a second operation in which replacement of the thoraco-abdominal aorta was performed. Nine survived patients are well for 50 days to 10 months postoperatively. The new vascular graft prosthesis was very soft and pliable in clinical use, and the surgical needle penetrates easily the prosthesis. Although the new graft prosthesis can be used without preclotting under full heparinization, porosity of the graft, 100 ml/min/cm, revealed initial oozing of blood for a while just after releasing an aortic clamp. Therefore, preclotting of the graft is recommended under full heparinization. Because of rapid, even, and stable formation of neo-intima in the new graft confirmed by experimental studies of Noishiki et al., and soft and pliable characteristics of the graft, a wide-spread clinical use of the new graft is recommended in the surgery of aortic aneurysms as well as reconstruction of the congenital malformations.
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College.
Aomi
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Koyanagi
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011091:Polyesters
D011091:Polyesters