The British journal of surgery
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Compliance mismatch between native artery and prosthetic graft used for infrainguinal bypass is implicated in the aetiology of graft failure. The aim was to quantify the elastic properties of a new compliant poly(carbonate)polyurethane (CPU) vascular graft, and to compare the compliance properties of grafts made from CPU, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), Dacron and human saphenous vein with that of human muscular artery. ⋯ Compliant polyurethane grafts offer a greater degree of compliance match than either ePTFE or Dacron.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Multicentre, randomized clinical trial of primary versus secondary sigmoid resection in generalized peritonitis complicating sigmoid diverticulitis.
The best way to manage generalized peritonitis complicating sigmoid diverticulitis is controversial. This randomized clinical trial involved a comparison of primary resection and suture, drainage with proximal colostomy followed by secondary resection. ⋯ Primary resection is superior to secondary resection in the treatment of generalized peritonitis complicating sigmoid diverticulitis because of significantly less postoperative peritonitis, fewer reoperations and shorter hospital stay.
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Despite increasingly radical surgery for oesophageal cancer, many patients continue to develop recurrent disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pattern of failure following attempted curative oesophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy for adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the middle and lower third of the oesophagus. ⋯ The low incidence of cervical recurrence suggests that a more extensive 'three-field' lymphadenectomy is unlikely to improve survival rates. Better staging modalities are needed to identify patients who will have recurrence within 12 months of operation, so that they may be either entered into trials of multimodality treatment or offered non-surgical palliation. British Journal of Surgery prize-winning paper, presented to the Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, London, UK, September 1999