title: 20-year experience with operations for popliteal artery aneurysm.
abstract: At the 2nd Department of Surgery, St. Anne's University hospital Brno, a total of 76 operations for popliteal artery aneurysm were performed in 67 patients in the last 20 years, in period 1985-2004. 63 operations were elective and 13 urgent. For reconstruction, autologous saphenous vein was used in 53 cases, vascular prosthesis in 15 cases, and a cryopreserved vein allograft in 3 cases. In 5 cases, amputation for advanced lower limb ischaemia was performed without arterial reconstruction. Elective operation is indicated in all patients with popliteal artery aneurysm, and it is associated with a relatively low risk for the patient. In fact, it is a preventive operation. In the acute stage, there is a higher risk of complications and (potential) amputation (Fig. 1, Ref. 8).
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Masaryk University Brno, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic. jiri.podlaha@fnusa.cz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Podlaha
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holub
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Konecny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leypold
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dvorak
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piskac
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation