1990 Volume 19 Issue 3 Pages 1258-1261
The patency rates of PTFE grafts for axillofemoral bypass were compared with those of Dacron grafts. The preoperative statuses of 17 patients with Dacron grafts and 20 patients with PTFE were similar. Late postoperatively, 10 out of 22 Dacron grafts were occluded, but 4 of them were recanalized with thrombectomy. The 1-year, 5-year and 10-year patency rates of this group were 95%, 67% and 62%, respectively. In the group of PTFE grafts, 5 out of 24 grafts were occluded but 2 of them were recanalized. The 4-to 6-year patency rates of this group were 86%; these values were significantly higher than those of the Dacron grafts.
