Abstract
The high rate of thrombosis of 1.0-mm polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts has limited their use in microvascular surgery. One possible reason for this is the blood-gas interface due to entrapped air in the interstices. The present study examines the effect on patency rates of elimination of this blood-gas interface by high pressurization. Comparing pressurized and nonpressurized grafts in the same animals showed a patency rate of 100 percent at 7 days for treated grafts, while the control (nonpressurized) grafts had all clotted by 1 hour. The implications for microvascular surgery as well as vascular surgery in general are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1042-1045 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Plastic and reconstructive surgery |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1988 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery