Swedish External Support Study

Summary

Randomized study to evaluate the effect of adding external support to PTFE-grafts used for bypass to below knee arteries in patients with critical limb ischemia with respect to primary patency, secondary patency, and limb salvage.

Conditions

• Critical Limb Ischemia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

External support

Bypass surgery with externally supported graft

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Lasarettet Boden

  collaborator OTHER

• Borås Lasarett

  collaborator OTHER

• Eskilstuna Lasarettet

  collaborator OTHER

• Falu Lasarett Röntgen

  collaborator OTHER

• Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska sjukhuset, Göteborg

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Östra sjukhuset, Göteborg

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Lasarett Gävle

  collaborator OTHER

• Helsingborgs Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Kalmar County Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Karlstad Central Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Kristiansund Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Lund University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Malmö University

  collaborator OTHER

• Department of Surgery, Lasarettet, Motala

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Lasarettet, Mölndal

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Lasarettet, Norrköping

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Lasarettet, Nyköping

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Lasarettet, Skellefteå

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Kärnsjukhuset, Skövde

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, S:t Görans Sjukhus, Stockholm

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Norra Älvsborgs Länssjukhus, Trollhättan-Vänersborg

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Uppsala University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Västervik Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Region Västmanland

  collaborator OTHER

• Department of Surgery, Lasarettet, Växjö

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Lasarettet, Örebro

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Department of Surgery, Lasarettet, Östersund

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University Hospital, Linkoeping

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Fredrik BG Lundgren, PhD, MD · Department of CardioVascular Surgery, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

1995-01-31

Primary Completion

1998-06-30

Completion

1998-06-30