[Role of reconstructive vascular surgery in patients with diabetic angiopathy]

Treatment results were analyzed in 1244 patients with diabetic angiopathy. 882 of them had necrotic suppurative affection of feet. Distal affection predominated among patients with neuroischemic form of diabetic foot syndrome. Combined affection of popliteofemoral and tibial-foot segments was revealed in 46.3% of observations. Stenosis of ileofemoral arterial segment was discovered in 40 (4.9%) patients, occlusion--in 27 (3.3%) patients. Reconstructive operations on aorta and great vessels were carried out to 520 patients; among them: aorto-femoral bifurcational bypass--to 38 patients, proximal popliteofemoral bypass--to 191 patients, distal popliteofemoral bypass--to 195 patients, tibiofemoral bypass--to 96 patients. Thrombosis in reconstruction region was observed in 41% of patients after popliteofemoral bypass including 16% in short-term period and 25% after a year. Low frequency of large amputations amounting 20.4% and low lethality (3.2%) indicated that bypass operations are highly effective in this group of patients.