title: Natural history of Buerger's disease.
abstract: 102 patients with clinically established diagnosis of Buerger's disease were treated and operated upon by the authors, in 45% of cases histology was obtained proving the clinical diagnosis. Buerger's disease is a rare pathology in Poland, it has been recognised in 3.3% of patients presenting with peripheral arterial pathologies. 46% of patients were followed up for 2-10 years. Clinical, radiological and histological documents demonstrating the gradual evolution of the disease have been presented.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000792:Angiography; D005121:Extremities / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D012907:Smoking; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy