Lipid metabolism and choice of a method of reconstructive surgery in patients with obliterating atherosclerosis of the arteries of the lower limbs
Gubka, A.V.; Tishkin, V.S.
Klinicheskaia Khirurgiia 7: 18-20
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2130 PMID: 2796134 Document Number: 343683
On the basis of studying the lipid metabolism and types of hyperlipidemia, the three types of the course of atherosclerosis of the arteries of the lower extremities--rapidly progressive, slowly progressive and stable--were distinguished. In rapidly progressive type, the performance of standard reconstructive operations is indicated. In slowly progressive and stable types, the atraumatic operations--endovascular dilatation, isolated or in combination with reconstructive operations, extra-anatomical shunting, profundoplasty--are the method of choice.