title: Results of primary reconstructions in patients with lesion of the tibial arteries.
abstract: An analysis was made of 146 primary reconstructions performed in 141 patients with occlusion of the arteries of the femoropopliteal segment and leg. At the hospital stage an improvement of the clinical status was attained after primary operations in 98% of cases. The five-year cumulative bypass patency after operations.accounted for 43.5% while the limbs could be saved in 91.5% of cases. The results obtained in patients with stage 2B chronic arterial ischemia (according to the A.V.Pokrovsky classification, 1979) coincided with the results of bypass grafts of the popliteal artery (the 5-year patency was 56.9% with the limbs saved in - 81.2% of cases), whereas the results of in situ vein bypass were marked by a significantly better cumulative patency in the long-term period.
authors.affiliation: Center of Vascular Surgery, Hospital No.83, Federal Administration Medbioekstrem, RP Ministry of Public Health, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Troitskiĭ
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Lysenko
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Khabazov
authors.forename: P Iu
authors.initials: PIu
authors.lastname: Orekhov
authors.forename: P Iu
authors.initials: PIu
authors.lastname: Parshin
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Korolev
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Ust'iantseva
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Maliutina
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nishchenko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods