[Results of using high porosity aortofemoral bifurcation prostheses]

The authors report on their four-year experience with the use of extremely highly porous vascular polyester prostheses of Czechoslovak proveniencè, whose wall was sealed with fibrin. Aortofemoral bifurcated prostheses with a permeability of 6 100 ml/cm2/min were implanted in 102 patients. The method of fibrination appears to be simple and safe. No hemorrhage through the prosthetic wall was observed. The authors expect the high porosity of the prostheses to result in longer lasting patency of the grafts and thus in improvement of long-term results.