title: Vascular collagen prosthesis of RaK type--long-term patency.
abstract: In 1990, the vascular prosthesis of RaK type (collagen-impregnated knitted prosthesis), produced by the Research Institute of Hosiery in Brno, was introduced into clinical practice. In 1998, we published our experience with this type of prosthesis in form of a clinical evaluating study performed according to the methods of the EN 540 European Norm. Now we inform about the results of the studied group followed during 3 years. The long-term patency of the prosthesis in the aortic-phemoral part is 88.8%; the incidence of infection of the vascular prosthesis in our group studied in the 3-year period is 2.5%. Thus we can say that even long-term results confirm our previous good experience with this vascular prosthesis produced in Brno. (Tab. 8, Fig. 1, Ref. 11.)
authors.affiliation: IInd Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. r.staffa@email.cz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Staffa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leypold
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vlachovsky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D003094:Collagen; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007925:Leriche Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014654:Vascular Patency
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen