title: Options in the management of claudication.
abstract: Patients who complain of intermittent claudication vary considerably in age, fitness, and in their expectations, and in the distribution of occluded arteries. A careful assessment of all the variables helps the surgeon to choose appropriate treatment from the various options open to him.
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation