[Surgical treatment of stage II arteriopathies of the lower limbs]

The authors report their results of 218, operations carried out in patients at stage II of peripheral arterial disease during the period 1970 to 1974. In 138 patients who were submitted to direct surgery, the results appeared specially satisfactory in cases of aorto-iliac and ilio-femoral obstruction (83 and 87 p. 100 good results at 4 years). They were still 76 p. 100 in cases of femoro-popliteal obstruction.