The Management of Aorto-Iliac Disease
J D Harris1, R P Jepson1, Justin Miller1
1University of Adelaide Department of Surgery The Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Queen Elisabeth Hospital, South Australia.
Abstract:
This paper is concerned with the fate of 112 patients with aorto-iliac disease who underwent surgery from 1959 to 1966. The patency rate for those who underwent endarterectomy was 92%, and for those in whom a prosthesis was placed, 26%. It is stressed that the operation should be designed to suit the special needs of the individual patient, and it is pointed out that provided the proximal occlusions are overcome and the profunda femoris artery is intact, the symptoms of additional femoro-popliteal disease are usually acceptable in elderly patients.
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