{"title":"Which is the best vascular prosthesis below the inguinal ligament?","authors":"D Charlesworth","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostheses made of P.T.F.E give reasonable results when used as femoropopliteal bypass below the inguinal ligament and above the knee joint in patients with good \"run-off\". Human umbilical vein will probably give similar results but with reservations about its degradability. A compliant tube made from a non biodegradable stable polymer and which has a non thrombogenic internal surface seems to offer the most likely improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":7309,"journal":{"name":"Acta chirurgica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"555 ","pages":"49-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta chirurgica Scandinavica. Supplementum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prostheses made of P.T.F.E give reasonable results when used as femoropopliteal bypass below the inguinal ligament and above the knee joint in patients with good "run-off". Human umbilical vein will probably give similar results but with reservations about its degradability. A compliant tube made from a non biodegradable stable polymer and which has a non thrombogenic internal surface seems to offer the most likely improvement.