A multicenter comparison between autologous saphenous vein and heparin-bonded expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft in the treatment of critical limb ischemia in diabetics.

Dorigo, Walter

A multicenter comparison between autologous saphenous vein and heparin-bonded expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft in the treatment of critical limb ischemia in diabetics. [electronic resource] - Journal of vascular surgery Nov 2011 - 1332-8 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study

1097-6809

10.1016/j.jvs.2011.05.046 doi


Aged
Amputation, Surgical
Anticoagulants--administration & dosage
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation--adverse effects
Chi-Square Distribution
Coated Materials, Biocompatible
Critical Illness
Diabetic Angiopathies--mortality
Female
Graft Occlusion, Vascular--etiology
Heparin--administration & dosage
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Ischemia--mortality
Italy
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Limb Salvage
Lower Extremity--blood supply
Male
Odds Ratio
Patient Selection
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Proportional Hazards Models
Prosthesis Design
Registries
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Saphenous Vein--transplantation
Time Factors
Transplantation, Autologous
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Patency