title: Clinical experience with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in the aortobifemoral position.
abstract: Between 1981 and 1990, 18 patients (mean age 66.0 years) had aortobifemoral bypass with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) bifurcated grafts. Twelve patients (66.7%) were treated for aortoiliac occlusive disease, 5 patients (27.8%) for abdominal aortic aneurysms and one patient (5.6%) had surgery for hypoplastic aortic syndrome. The authors' overall complication rate was 16.7 per cent and included formation of an anastomotic pseudoaneurysm (1/18, 5.6%), graft infection (1/18, 5.6%), and graft thrombosis (1/18, 5.6%). Sixteen patients were followed for a mean period of 41.4 months. In this subgroup of patients the patency rate was 93.8 per cent. The authors conclude that the PTFE bifurcated graft is a suitable conduit for use in aortobifemoral bypass surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192.
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Karabinis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onohara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sariego
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gensler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kerstein
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene