title: [Morphological changes of the lower leg arteries and the plantar arch in diabetic and nondiabetic patients with chronic critical ischemia of the leg].
abstract: In this prospective study we evaluated if atherosclerosis of crural and pedal arteries differs in diabetic and non-diabetic patients suffering from chronic ischemia. We performed intraoperative angiography after completion of a femoro-popliteal or femoro-distal bypass. No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups (25 diabetic and 44 non-diabetic patients) concerning the severity and localisation of the arteriosclerosis in the three crural arteries and the pedal arch. The prerequisite for a successful arterial reconstruction were identical in our patients with or without diabetes and a similar number of potential recipient arteries were found at below knee and foot level in both groups.
authors.affiliation: Inselspital, Klinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hilfiker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vock
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stirnemann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000473:pathology*; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies