Reconstructive surgery in gangrene.
The results of reconstructive arterial surgery in 113 critically ischaemic limbs during 1958 to 1972 are presented. There were 61 aorto-iliac reconstructions with 4 operative deaths (6.5%), resulting in a limb salvage rate of 75.4 per cent and 49 femoro-popliteal operations with 3 deaths (6.1%) and a limb salvage rate of 73.5 per cent.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005734:Gangrene / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures