W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced that several physicians recently presented interim data from ongoing GORE PROPATEN® Vascular Graft studies to clinical audiences at the 2009 annual vascular meeting. The conference, the premier event hosted by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), was held in mid-June in Denver, Colorado. One physician reported primary patency rates as high as 100 percent for below-knee bypasses.
Study updates presented at this year’s SVS meeting support the use of the GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft as the prosthetic device of choice in lower limb and dialysis access applications. Results included:
Edward Woo, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, reported on 45 implants and that the GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft handles well and implantation was well tolerated among all patients, with no increased bleeding at anastomoses and no postoperative platelet issues reported. The one-year primary patency rate was 92.3 percent. Based on this data, Dr. Woo recommends the GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft as the graft of choice for lower extremity prosthetic bypass.
Syed Hussain, MD, Heartcare Midwest of Peoria, Illinois, reported on 46 above-knee and 24 below-knee GORE PROPATEN Vascular Grafts. He associated the use of the grafts with decreased operative time and length of hospital stay, as well as good quality of life. Dr. Hussain concluded that GORE PROPATEN Vascular Grafts are an excellent conduit for above-knee and below-knee popliteal bypass grafting, with primary patency at 96 percent (mean follow-up 16.7 months) and 100 percent (mean follow-up 15.8 months), respectively.