Survival rates after reconstructions in the aorto-iliac region.
During a twelve year period, 849 patients were operated on because of atherosclerotic diseases in the aorto-iliac region. 31 patients died postoperatively and 48 patients could not be followed up so that the fate of 770 patients is known. These 770 operated patients showed survival rates like a 12 year older normal population. By comparing the survival rates of the operated patients in different age groups, it is concluded that atherosclerotic diseases have an especially bad outcome in younger patients.
D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality