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Long term results of polytetrafluoroethylene in above knee femoropopliteal bypass for critical ischaemia

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Ninety-six consecutive above-knee femoropopliteal bypasses, using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) preferentially, were performed for limb-threatening ischaemia. Cumulative primary graft patency was 68 per cent, 49 per cent and 36 per cent and limb salvage 93 per cent, 85 per cent and 75 per cent at 1, 3 and 5 yr respectively. As a result of poor long term survival (51 per cent at 5 yr), and the healing of remedial lesions before graft occlusion, 68 patients (72 per cent) required no further intervention. Eighteen secondary bypasses were undertaken, 12 using ipsilateral saphenous vein. In this group of elderly patients with poor life expectancy, where a limited operation is desirable, the use of PTFE provided excellent limb salvage with low morbidity. Although we can no longer justify our continued use of PTFE in every case of critical ischaemia because of its inferior patency to autogenous vein, we continue to use it preferentially in patients whose lifespan is likely to be short and in cases where a remedial lesion is present.

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    E. G. Kavanagh, D. S. O’Riordain, D. J. Buckley & J. A. O’Donnell

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Kavanagh, E.G., O’Riordain, D.S., Buckley, D.J. et al. Long term results of polytetrafluoroethylene in above knee femoropopliteal bypass for critical ischaemia. Ir. J. Med. Sc. 167, 221–224 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02937416

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