[Prosthetic vascular graft].
Since the first application of the prosthetic vascular graft for the operation of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, surgeries with prosthetic grafts were carried out among 573 patients, that is, 445 with aortic diseases, 48 with diseases of the periferal arteries and 75 with congenital heart diseases, respectively. In this paper, our clinical experiences of using the prosthetic grafts during last 25 years were described at first, and then, some problems of the prosthetic graft in the present and future were discussed.
D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans