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J Woodson

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PubMed1991

Effect of graft material on loss of erythrocytes after aortic operations.

It has been suggested that loss of erythrocytes after abdominal aortic grafting is influenced by the type of synthetic graft used. A prospective randomized study was done to compare loss of erythrocytes in patients receiving Dacron (polyester fiber, Meadox woven double velour) and Gore-Tex (polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE]) grafts during the perioperative period. A total of 25 patients (13 Dacron and 12 PTFE) was studied, including 21 with abdominal aortic aneurysms and four with aortoiliac occlusive disease. Erythrocyte volume (EV) was measured using 51Cr-labeled autologous erythrocytes on the day prior to the operation, one to two hours after the operation when the patients were hemodynamically stable and 24 hours postoperatively. In addition to measurements of 51Cr EV and the volume of intraoperatively salvaged washed erythrocytes, the length of storage of the units of homologous liquid preserved erythrocytes at 4 degrees C. prior to transfusion were recorded. The mean intraoperative erythrocyte loss (+/- S.D.) for the Dacron group was 892 +/- 543 milliliters and for the PTFE group, 842 +/- 403 milliliters (p = NS). Patients in the Dacron group received intraoperatively 2.2 +/- 1.6 (units +/- S.D.) milliliters with a range of zero to 4 units of homologous liquid preserved erythrocytes and patients in the PTFE group received 1.2 +/- 1.2 milliliters with a range of zero to 3 units of homologous liquid preserved erythrocytes (p = NS). The mean total loss of erythrocytes (+/- S.D.) was 1,055 +/- 649 milliliters for the Dacron group and 978 +/- 503 milliliters for the PTFE group (p = NS). Despite inherent differences in graft material, there were no significant differences in intraoperative or post-operative loss of erythrocytes or in the number of homologous units of liquid preserved erythrocytes transfused with a p value of less than 0.05 considered significant.

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PubMed1990

The use of internal jugular vein as interposition graft for femoral vein reconstruction following traumatic venous injury: a useful approach in selected cases.

Complex venous injuries remain a controversial and interesting challenge to the vascular and trauma surgeon. Data from the Vietnam Vascular Registry, combined with experience from recent civilian series, seem to indicate that the best results are obtained when venous repair is undertaken. This is especially true of combined arterial and venous injury where compromised venous outflow may lead to limb loss in spite of patent arterial reconstruction. The larger size of veins, however, has required the construction of complex and time-consuming panel and spiral-vein grafts. This makes them far from ideal in the trauma treatment setting, where minimization of blood loss and operating room time are high priorities. We present a case of combined injury to both femoral artery and vein, where the femoral vein injury was repaired using autologous internal jugular vein as interposition graft while the arterial injury was repaired with autologous saphenous vein from the opposite limb. The avoidance of prosthetics, ease of harvest, size match, and little associated morbidity all make a strong case for use of the internal jugular vein where speedy reconstruction of large venous conduits is indicated.

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PubMed1975

Two distinct isocitrate lyases from a pseudomonas species.

The isocitrate lyases of acetate- and methylamine-grown Pseudomonas MA (Shaw strain) were studied. They were shown to be different by a variety of physical criteria including chromatographic elution patterns, heat inactivation kinetics, pH variation of Km values, and migration on polyacrylamide gels. The implications and significance of the existence of two enzymes in relation to the role of isocitrate lyase in methylamine utilization is discussed.

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Evaluation of the perforating veins of the lower extremity using high resolution duplex imaging.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate duplex imaging as a means of assessing perforating veins in patients with longstanding venous stasis ulceration. Thirty patients with nonhealing venous stasis ulcers and twenty normal volunteers serving as controls were evaluated with a standard 8-MHz imaging probe and integrated pulsed Doppler. The internal diameter of perforating veins was measured and perforators were grouped into one of four categories based on functional criteria: competent perforator with venous flow (C); incompetent perforator with venous flow (IC); competent perforator with arteriovenous flow (C-AVC); incompetent perforator with arteriovenous flow (IC-AVC). Sixteen of the patients with ulcers were subsequently studied by ascending venography and in 11 patients, intraoperative identification of perforating veins was made during the Rob procedure. In this subset of patients the vessel was categorized as competent or incompetent regardless of flow signal. There were significant differences in mean perforator diameter between ulcer patients and normal volunteers. Duplex imaging identified 93 perforators and venography a total of 70. In all 16 extremities, duplex imaging made the diagnosis of significant perforating vein incompetence, verified by venography. Intraoperative findings demonstrated an excellent correlation with duplex imaging. We believe duplex imaging to be a promising new modality for evaluation of the perforating veins of the lower extremity.

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