Limb salvage procedures for lower extremity ischemia.
Limb salvage procedures were performed in ninety patients during the period from 1965 to 1975. Sixteen different procedures were performed with an associated complication rate of 8.9 per cent and a mortality rate of 8.9 per cent. The patency rates were 79.7 per cent at thirty days and 72.9 per cent at last follow-up.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged