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The Use of Dacron Grafts to Replace the Injured Aorta

Stefan H. Fromm, MD; Carlos Carrasquilla, MD; Charles Lucas, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1970;101(3):388-390.

Abstract
Five cases of gunshot wounds of the thoracic and abdominal aorta successfully treated at Detroit General Hospital over the past 2 years have been presented and the factors influencing their survival discussed. Four patients are alive 3 to 30 months later, and one died from an aorto-esophageal fistula six weeks after discharge from the hospital. The first cases of successful replacement of the injured aorta by a prosthetic aorto-iliac graft are also reported. No infection of the synthetic graft occurred in spite of massive intestinal contamination of the peritoneal cavity during surgery.

Author Affiliations
Detroit

From the departments of surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Detroit General Hospital, Detroit. Dr. Fromm is now at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and San Juan Veterans Administration Hospital, San Juan, PR.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 1, 1970.

Reprint requests to Veterans Administration Center, Box 4867, San Juan, PR 00936 (Dr. Fromm).

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