[Diagnosis and treatment of the chronic abdominal ischemia syndrome]

This is a collected report on 95 patients with chronic lesions of one or several visceral branches of the abdominal aorta. Restorative operations were performed on 92 patients. Necessity of examining patients with suspicion of the syndrome of chronic abdominal ischaemia in a special vascular surgery department is mandatory. For final diagnosis and choice of surgical tactics aortography in two projections is necessary. The progressive character of the disease is underlined. Restorative operations on the visceral branches of the abdominal aorta are preferred.