title: Limb salvage in the elderly.
abstract: Sixty-eight lower extremity bypass procedures for severe lower limb ischemia were undertaken on 53 patients of 75 years of age and over. The operative mortality was 4.4%. At two years cumulative limb salvage, patient survival, graft patency and survival with an intact limb were 77%, 72%, 44%, and 56%, respectively. Of all patients who died, 66% had an intact limb at the time of death. Based on these results we continue to offer reconstructive surgery to elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University College, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: McLoughlin
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene