Extensive endarterectomy of the aorta, common and external iliac arteries, and common femoral arteries by a modified Le Veen method.
It has been 8 years since Le Veen et al. described a new method of disobliteration of the distal aorta and iliac arteries. Since then no further reports have appeared in the literature. During the past 2 1/2 years we have treated 23 patients with severe ischemia of the lower limbs, caused in most cases by severe and multilevel arterial occlusions (types II and III), which included the infrarenal aorta, common and external iliac arteries, and common femoral arteries, with the method of Le Veen et al. with some modifications in the technique. A satisfactory revascularization was obtained in all patients. Similarly, there were no operative deaths or morbidity and no early or late arterial occlusions. We conclude that this method of arterial disobliteration has certain advantages over the much more widely used bypass grafting, deserves an extensive trial, and could in the future become a well-accepted procedure to treat extensive occlusions of the distal aorta, common and external iliac arteries, and common femoral arteries.
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Cuesta
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D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged