title: Impregnated polyester arterial prostheses: performance and prospects.
abstract: Impregnated polyester arterial prostheses have gained wide acceptance by most vascular surgery teams, probably because these prostheses are easy to use, without any preclotting. We offer here a synthesis of the main studies that have appraised the experimental and clinical performance of these prostheses, and we delineate their major prospects.
authors.affiliation: Groupe Européen de Recherche sur les Prothèses Appliquées à la Chirurgie Vasculaire, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chakfé
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bizonne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beaufigeau
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cardon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doillon
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Le Magnen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kretz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000737:chemistry; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D011091:Polyesters / Q000737:chemistry; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013242:Sterilization; D013499:Surface Properties; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D011091:Polyesters