Aortoiliac occlusive vascular disease: a prospective study of patients treated by endarterectomy and bypass procedures.

Full Abstract

Aortiliac occlusive vascular disease is very common and very disabling. A prospective study of 150 patients with the disease causing severe claudication and rest pain was begun in 1972, with a mimimum follow-up period of three years. An operative mortality of 2% and hospital morbidity of 14% can be obtained with attention to the broad principles of arterial reconstruction and a meticulous technique, provided that there is excellent anaesthetic, operative, and postoperative support. Severe complications or adverse episodes have occurred in 44% of patients who continued to smoke after their operation, as opposed to 28% in those who stopped. Frequent follow-up visits of 96% of patients have led to the early detection of significant vascular disease elsewhere in some patients, and this may be of importance in determining the eventual prognosis of this serious disease.

Author information

Author/s: Nash, T (T);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery (Aust N Z J Surg), published in AUSTRALIA. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1979-Apr; vol 49 (issue 2) : pp 223-7

Dates: Created 1979/09/25; Completed 1979/09/25; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 157127, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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