Surgical treatment of atherosclerotic lesions of the terminal part of the aorta and iliac arteries
Gusinskiĭ, A.V.; Shlomin, V.V.; Lebedev, L.V.; Vazhenin, S.O.; Shatravka, A.V.; Nikolaev, D.N.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 166(6): 21-25
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 18411736 Document Number: 605590
The operations of semiclosed endarterecromy of the aortofemoral zone arteries were shown to have a number of advantages over shunting interventions with synthetic transplants. They are quick, not traumatic and have better results of long term patency. However, their application is limited by certain indications. Femoral amputations in patients with lesions of the aorta and iliac arteries independent of the age should not be recommended as a method of treatment of critical ischemia of lower extremities. Reconstructive operations on the vessels of this zone provide longer duration and better quality of life of the patients.