[5 years of experience in arterial vascular surgery (January 1972-December 1977)]

The Authors report their own experience in arterial vascular surgery in the Hospital of Città di Castello from the 1st January 1972 to the 31st December 1977. 87 surgical interventions have been carried out (50 thromboendarterectomy, 15 by-passes, 9 thromboembolectomy and 15 various). The indications were atherosclerosis, thrombosis, aneurysms, arteriovenous fistulas, hypertrophic sthenosis and injuries. They discuss the indications, the surgical technics used, the early and late complications and the results. The long-term results good in only 64% of the cases have to be correlated with an enlargement of the indication to surgical operation.