Omental protection of autogenous arterial reconstruction following femoral prosthetic graft infection

Effect of Autogenous Omental Free Graft on the Biomechanical Properties of Fracture Healing in Dog

Objective- To evaluate greater omentum as an autogenous free graft in enhancing bone healing.Design- Prospective descriptive trial.Animals- Ten mongrel adult dogs, 3 to 4 years old and weighing 25.2 to 31 kg, assigned into two equal experimental and control groups (5dogs/group), were used.Procedures- Mid-shaft osteotomy on right radius was followed by a partial omentectomy in all dogs. A 30x30 ...

Arterial allograft allows in-line reconstruction of prosthetic graft infection with low recurrence rate and mortality.

Surgical management of infected prosthetic vascular grafts is associated with a significant risk of recurrent infection, limb loss, and mortality. Treatment options include graft excision with extra-anatomic bypass and in-line repair with prosthetic graft, vein, or artery. We hypothesized that in-line reconstruction using cryopreserved arterial allografts would be associated with a lower recurr...

Predictors of Time to Graft Failure Following Infrainguinal Arterial Reconstruction

Infrainguinal arterial reconstruction increases limb salvage rates, however, the factors that predict time to graft failure remain ill-defined. The aim of this study was to define such predictors. A retrospective analysis of infrainguinal arterial reconstructions performed for symptomatic peripheral arterial disease refractory to medical/interventional therapies over a 6 year period was perform...

Intercalary femoral reconstruction with extracorporeal irradiated autogenous bone graft in limb-salvage surgery.

Between 1996 and 2003, 16 patients (nine female, seven male) were treated for a primary bone sarcoma of the femur by wide local excision of the tumour, extracorporeal irradiation and re-implantation. An additional vascularised fibular graft was used in 13 patients (81%). All patients were free from disease when reviewed at a minimum of two years postoperatively (mean 49.7 months (24 to 96). The...

Omental Flap for Thoracic Aortic Graft Infection