title: Aortoiliac occlusive vascular disease: a prospective study of patients treated by endarterectomy and bypass procedures.
abstract: Aortiliac occlusive vascular disease is very common and very disabling. A prospective study of 150 patients with the disease causing severe claudication and rest pain was begun in 1972, with a mimimum follow-up period of three years. An operative mortality of 2% and hospital morbidity of 14% can be obtained with attention to the broad principles of arterial reconstruction and a meticulous technique, provided that there is excellent anaesthetic, operative, and postoperative support. Severe complications or adverse episodes have occurred in 44% of patients who continued to smoke after their operation, as opposed to 28% in those who stopped. Frequent follow-up visits of 96% of patients have led to the early detection of significant vascular disease elsewhere in some patients, and this may be of importance in determining the eventual prognosis of this serious disease.
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates