Table 2 Eligibility Criteria.
INCLUSION CRITERIA | EXCLUSION CRITERIA |
|---|---|
• Patients > 18 years | • Emergency surgery |
• Informed Consent | • Patients with coagulopathy or uremia |
• Indication for a peripheral vascular reconstruction due to peripheral vascular disease | • Participating in another trial with interfering endpoints |
• Suture hole bleeding of peripheral arterial bypass anastomosis using PTFE graft | • Patients requiring continuous postoperative anticoagulation |
|  | • Reoperation within one month at the same location |
|  | • Pregnant and breastfeeding women |
|  | • Known or suspected allergies or hypersensitivity to any of the used devices |
|  | • Severe comorbidity (ASA >4) |
|  | • Life expectancy less than 12 months |
|  | • Current immunsuppressive therapy |
|  | • Chemotherapy within last 4 weeks |
|  | • Severe psychiatric or neurologic diseases |
|  | • Lack of compliance |
|  | • Drug- and/alcohol-abuse |
|  | • Inability to understand and to follow the instructions given by the investigator |