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Mechanisms of Failure of Arterial Prostheses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

M. D. Adam Wesolow
M. D. Adam Wesolow*
Affiliation:
Clinical Professor of Surgery S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York and Chief, Thoracic Surgery Veterans Administration Medical Center, Togus, Maine
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Abstract

One of the most successfully applied classes of biomaterials is the porous textile vascular prosthesis. Experimental and clinical investigations have been continuously conducted during the past thirty years to study tissue healing, clinical longevity and improved design of these prostheses. The vascular device retrieval program has enabled classification of the 40 or more identified mechanisms of failure of arterial prostheses into the following major groupings: A. Failure of diagnosis B. Error in implantation C. Patient contribution D. Complications of healing E. Fabrication failure F. Infection

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Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 55: Symposium G – Biomedical Materials , 1985 , 19
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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