RESUMO
This retrospective, multiple-center study includes 172 PTFE (Gore-Tex) and 35 umbilical vein grafts (Bio-graft) used for femoro-popliteal bypass grafting. The one-year patency rate was approximately 63% in both groups. Until further experience is accumulated, autogenous saphenous vein should probably be the first choice for femoro-popliteal bypass grafting. Prosthetic grafts should preferably be used when the saphenous vein is absent or insufficient.
Assuntos
Bioprótese , Artéria Femoral/cirurgia , Politetrafluoretileno , Artéria Poplítea/cirurgia , Veias Umbilicais/transplante , Idoso , Arteriopatias Oclusivas/cirurgia , Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Sistemas Multi-Institucionais , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
A comparison was made regarding the observed frequency of intraperitoneal complications between two groups of patients operated upon for perforated appendicitis during a 5-year period (1968-73). The two groups, corresponding to two different general surgical departments at the same hospital, were given different forms of adjuvant treatment. The first group (78 patients) received postoperative intraperitoneal lavage, with antibiotics added to the lavage solution. In the other department (77 patients), the peritoneal cavity was drained postoperatively. No lavage was performed in this group, but antibiotics were given systemically. Sixteen patients in the drainage group developed intraperitoneal complications, as compared with 5 in the lavage group.
