title: [Surgery vs PTA in sub-inguinal atherosclerosis].
abstract: The authors describe their experience in the treatment of arterial occlusive disease of the lower limbs in the femoro-popliteal and tibioperoneal districts, by surgery (proximal or distal femoro-popliteal by-pass or segment by-pass) and Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA), analyzing indications, advantages, limits and complications of the two methods. Immediate and after one and three year results of surgical by-pass and PTA are compared. On the whole, in the patients in which we performed a surgical by-pass, we obtained slightly better results. Anyway, in the second stage of the arterial occlusive disease and in patients affected with short arterial stenosis and/or obstructions, PTA represents the best treatment.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Chirurgica (R) Sede in Terni, Università degli Studi di Perugia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sciannameo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ronca
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caselli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alberti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Chirurgia versus PTA nella malattia aterosclerotica sottoinguinale.