Bilateral ankle skin temperature as a predictor of early vascular graft patency

✍ Scribed by Dr. I. G. Jansson; M. B. Thomsen; J. L. Elfström

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 331 KB
• Volume: 74
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800740913

✦ Synopsis

Bilateral ankle skin temperature as a predictor of early vascular graft pat ency

The eflcacy of postoperative bilateral ankle skin temperature as a predictor of early grafi patency was prospectively evaluated in 138 consecutive cases of femoropopliteal bypass surgery. The difference between ipsilateral and contralateral ankle temperature (hourly registrations) was significantly greater in the patients with patent g r a j on postoperative day I than in those with an occluded graft. I n measurements 8 h postoperatiuely, highest sensitivity (84 per cent) and specijkity (93 per cent) of the test were obtained when the dgerence was + 0.4"C. The overall accuracy of prediction with this simple method was 89 per cent.