Intraoperative angioscopy may improve the outcome of in situ saphenous vein bypass grafting: a prospective study

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Johan ThörneZbigniew Zdanowski

Abstract

To find out whether intraoperative angioscopic assistance has any effect on graft outcome in patients with critical leg ischemia. One hundred one patients requiring a below-knee bypass were assigned to undergo in situ saphenous vein bypass with or without intraoperative angioscopic assistance; otherwise treated similarly including preoperative duplex vein mapping, intraoperative graft flow measurements, and angiography. Data on operative details, morbidity, hospital stay, and graft patency were collected prospectively and compared. All patients were followed up for 12 months. The group that underwent angioscopy (A) and the control group (B) were similar in all respects, except for the number of patients enrolled in the groups (32 and 69, respectively). Angioscopy revealed incompletely destructed valves in 34 patients (range, 0 to 5; mean 1), undiagnosed vein branches in 111 patients (mean 4.3), and partly occluding thrombus in 5 patients. The number of postoperative arteriovenous fistulas with signs of failing graft and a need for angiographic or surgical reintervention were significantly higher in group B (P <.0001). The 1-year primary patency rate was significantly better in group A (P <.01), but the primary assisted and seco...Continue Reading

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Nov 10, 2009·ANZ Journal of Surgery·Amjid A RiazMichael C Ormiston
Mar 6, 2012·European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery : the Official Journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery·K LinniT Hölzenbein
Jun 4, 2005·European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery : the Official Journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery·J MalmstedtE Wahlberg

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