First Danish experience with ex vivo lung perfusion of donor lungs before transplantation.

Introduction: The number of lung transplantations is limited by a general lack of donor organs. Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) is a novel method to optimise and evaluate marginal donor lungs prior to transplantation. We describe our experiences with EVLP in Denmark during the first year after its introduction.

One-week postoperative patency of lower extremity in situ bypass graft comparing epidural and general anesthesia: retrospective study of 822 patients.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether anesthesia affects graft patency after lower extremity arterial in situ bypass surgery.

Methods: This investigation was a retrospective study using a national database on vascular surgical patients at a single medical institution. We assessed a total of 822 patients exposed to infrainguinal in situ bypass vascular surgery over the period of January 2000 to September 2010.

Fluoropolymer-coated dacron versus PTFE grafts for femorofemoral crossover bypass: randomised trial.

Objectives: To investigate whether patency of a thin walled 8 mm fluoropassivated Dacron graft was similar to that of a standard 8mm PTFE graft for femorofemoral crossover bypass surgery.

Design: A randomised multicentre clinical trial comparing two vascular grafts with participation of 10 departments of vascular surgery in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Patients And Methods: 198 patients were randomised to PTFE (n=107) or fluoropolymer-coated Dacron grafts (n=91), 63% underwent surgery for claudication, 27% for ischaemic rest pain and 10% for tissue loss.

Does old age contraindicate TURP.

Objective: This investigation was performed to evaluate the prognostic role of high age as to survival after transurethral prostatic resection (TURP).

Material And Methods: The study was retrospective, considering all men over the age of 80 years consecutively treated for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The material consisted of 249 patients who had TURP, 30 patients who were considered too ill for surgery and 18 who did not want treatment.

[Amputation and arterial reconstruction in peripheral occlusive arterial diseases in Denmark 1977-1993].

Information was retrieved from the national patient register (Landspatientregisteret), that contains information on all admissions to Danish hospitals 1977-1993. The number of admissions during which a diagnosis of occlusive arterial disease (OAD) of the lower extremities was made and an amputation performed increased from 1290 in 1977 to a maximum of 1609 in 1983 (p < 0.001).