EFFECTS OF COMPLIANCE ALTERATION ON HEALING OF A POROUS DACRON PROSTHESIS IN THE THORACIC AORTA OF THE DOG

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 158  (2) , 145-151
Abstract
A marked reduction in the compliance of an external-velour, Dacron prosthesis did not impair healing of the graft wall or the anastomoses when these grafts were implanted in the upper part of the descending thoracic aorta of the dog for 56 days. These observations are clinically relevant, since they are important to the design of noncrimped fabric prostheses which are resistant to kink and compression when used for axillofemoral, femoropopliteal and femorotibial bypass. However, experimental studies of the influence of compliance disparity should be extended to such grafts implanted for several years.

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