New aspects of the surgical treatment of occlusive diseases of the arteries of the distal portion of the legs
Driuk, N.F.; Polishchuk, I.E.; Pavlichenko, L.N.; Dobroslav, G.B.
Klinicheskaia Khirurgiia 3: 18-22
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2130 PMID: 2733355 Document Number: 328104
On the basis of the evaluation of a clinico-roentgenologic picture, the classification of occlusive-stenotic lesion of the vessels of the lower extremities is suggested. Transplantation for the crus and foot vascularization of the omental flap in 28 cases, and musculocutaneous flap--in 14 permitted to save an extremity more than in 70% of patients with the terminal stage of ischemia.