This trial confirms that Dacron is at least as durable as PTFE for above-knee bypass procedures, and might even be superior.

In this series of patients with surgically confirmed PAES, we found preoperative DUS to have perfect agreement with the intraoperative findings in diagnosing PAES. The applicability of the method seems to be emphasized by the restoration of popliteal flow and relief of arterial insufficiency after surgical release in all patients, and by the fact, that none of the healthy volunteers were able to compress the popliteal artery during plantar flexion.

the efficacy of UGC as treatment of PAs is confirmed.

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