title: [Five years experience with infra-inguinal arterial reconstruction: a comparison of venous with PTFE bypass].
abstract: Since January 1983 one surgeon of our team has performed 200 infrainguinal arterial reconstructions. Our patients had a mean age of 72 years and suffered from multiple concomitant diseases (coronary heart disease 35%, cerebro-vascular insufficiency 15%, hypertension 49% and diabetes mellitus 34%). The indication for arterial reconstruction was a chronic critical ischemia in every case. 154 autologous veins and 46 PTFE prosthesis had to be implanted. The former consisted in 64% in a femoropopliteal and in 35% femorodistal bypass graft; respective values of the latter group were 80% and 20%. The cumulative survival rates of two collectives were nearly identical. More than 50% of our patients died in the 4 years observation period. The life table patency rates differed statistically significant (p less than 0.001). The cumulative 5 year patency amounted to 85% in case of a vein graft and to 43% if a PTFE prosthesis was inserted. Extremely poor results were achieved in case of a PTFE prosthesis with a distal anastomosis to a single crural artery; just one out of 6 procedures was successful after two years.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital Bern.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cacciatore
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inderbitzi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stirnemann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
vernacular_title: Fünf Jahre Erfahrung mit infrainguinaler Arterienrekonstruktion: Ein Vergleich des Venen- mit dem PTFE-Bypass.