Ilijas Cinara1, Petar Zlatanovic2, Milos Sladojevic1,3, Ivan Tomic1,3, Perica Mutavdzic1,3, Stefan Ducic1, Aleksandra Vujcic1, Lazar Davidovic1,3. 1. Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, Dr Koste Todorovica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia. 2. Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, Dr Koste Todorovica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia. petar91goldy@gmail.com. 3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Transit time flow meter (TTFM) allows quick and accurate intraoperative graft assessment. The main study goal is to evaluate the influence of graft flow measurements on long-term clinical outcomes in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) undergoing bellow the knee (BTK) vein bypass surgery. METHODS: Between January 1st, 1999 and January 1st, 2006, 976 CLTI consecutive patients underwent lower extremity bypass surgery. When applying the exclusion criteria, 249 patients were included in the final analysis. Control measurements were performed at the end of the procedure. Patients were divided according to the mean (more/less than 100 ml/min) and diastolic graft flow (more/less than 40 ml/min) values in four groups. The primary endpoints were a major adverse limb event (male) and primary graft patency. RESULTS: After the median follow-up of 68 months, a group with the mean graft flow below 100 ml/min and the diastolic graft flow below 40 ml/min had the highest rates of male (χ2 = 36.60, DF = 1, P < 0.01, log-rank test) and the worst primary graft patency (χ2 = 53.05, DF = 1, P < 0.01, log-rank test). CONCLUSION: In patients with CLTI undergoing BTK vein bypass surgery, TTFM parameters, especially combined impact of mean graft flow less than 100 ml/min and diastolic graft flow less than 40 ml/min, were associated with an increased risk of poor long-term male and primary graft patency.
BACKGROUND: Transit time flow meter (TTFM) allows quick and accurate intraoperative graft assessment. The main study goal is to evaluate the influence of graft flow measurements on long-term clinical outcomes in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) undergoing bellow the knee (BTK) vein bypass surgery. METHODS: Between January 1st, 1999 and January 1st, 2006, 976 CLTI consecutive patients underwent lower extremity bypass surgery. When applying the exclusion criteria, 249 patients were included in the final analysis. Control measurements were performed at the end of the procedure. Patients were divided according to the mean (more/less than 100 ml/min) and diastolic graft flow (more/less than 40 ml/min) values in four groups. The primary endpoints were a major adverse limb event (male) and primary graft patency. RESULTS: After the median follow-up of 68 months, a group with the mean graft flow below 100 ml/min and the diastolic graft flow below 40 ml/min had the highest rates of male (χ2 = 36.60, DF = 1, P < 0.01, log-rank test) and the worst primary graft patency (χ2 = 53.05, DF = 1, P < 0.01, log-rank test). CONCLUSION: In patients with CLTI undergoing BTK vein bypass surgery, TTFM parameters, especially combined impact of mean graft flow less than 100 ml/min and diastolic graft flow less than 40 ml/min, were associated with an increased risk of poor long-term male and primary graft patency.
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