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Article: Reports summarize vascular medicine study results from M. Zegelman and co-researchers.(Report)
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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"The purpose of this study was to assess the safety of a novel vascular prosthesis in 50 patients who underwent inguinal and infrainguinal vascular reconstructions. The safety data were based on ultrasound Doppler data at 2 and 18 months to quantify the graft-tissue integration in this patient cohort," scientists writing in the journal Vascular report (see also Vascular Medicine).
"Between August 9, 2005, and January 25, 2006, 50 patients underwent inguinal or infrainguinal reconstructions with the Silver Graft (SG; B. Braun Melsungen AG, B. Braun Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, Germany) in six vascular centers. All participating centers received the metallic ...