title: [Chronic arterial insufficiency of the bellow knee arteries (retrospective study)].
abstract: The study involves 70 patients for the period from 1990 till 2001. Male are 60 of them and female are 10 patients. A total of 77 surgical procedures were performed on these patients with highest number per year are 1990 and 2001. Results are as follows: patent reconstruction--47, graft thrombosis not requiring immediate amputation--18, graft thrombosis requiring immediate amputation--11, and death in one case. Fifty five patients had grafts to the bellow the knee popliteal artery, and 23 of them received grafts to a tibial or peroneal artery. The stage distribution of patients is as follows: stage II--5 patients, stage III--50 patients, and stage IV--22 patients. Rethrombosis rate increased with the higher stages of the disease. In six cases ipsilateral deep venous thrombosis was diagnosed by duplex ultrasound study. Synthetic grafts were used in 24 of patients, nine of them received composed grafts, and in 38 cases venous conduits were employed. Diabetes mellitus was a comorbid condition in 13 patients. Thirty one (40.26%) of the grafts thrombosed.
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authors.lastname: Chervenkov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000098:blood supply*; D023821:Limb Salvage; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery