[Immediate results of reconstructive operations in arteriosclerosis obliterans of the iliac and femoral arteries].

The work generalizes the immediate results of restoration of the main and collateral blood flow in 240 patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans of the iliac and femoral arteries. The outcomes of surgical treatment were judged according to the clinical and ultrasonic evaluation of regional hemodynamics. The results were found to be good in 84 (35.0%), satisfactory in 104 (47.5%), and poor in 42 (17.5%) patients. The results of operations on the iliac and femoral arteries are shown separately, as well as the results of surgery in their combined lesions. Thromboses of the reconstructed arteries and prostheses were encountered in 10 (4.17%), hemorrhages in 8 (3.33%), wound infection in 16 (6.67%), and venous thromboses in 4 (2.5%) patients. For the prevention of thromboses of the deep veins the author claims dosed physical exercises on a constructed training apparatus to be advisable. Amputation of the extremity was carried out in 10 (4.17%) patients because surgical correction of the blood flow proved ineffective and specific complications occurred.