[Possibilities of ultrasonic dopplerography and multi-level manometry in the evaluation of lesions of the arteries of the lower limbs].

Dopplerographic and manometric examination was conducted in 429 patients with obliterating lesions of the lower limb arteries in order to find optimal diagnostic combinations. The data of noninvasive diagnosis were verified in 119 cases. The data obtained bore evidence that coincidence of the findings of ultrasonic dopplerography and multilayer manometry is indicative, with a high degree of probability, of the presence or absence of lesions of the lower limbs. The findings of ultrasonic dopplerography are the main criteria in appraising affections of the aortoiliac segment and those of multilayer manometry--in appraising affections of the femoropopliteal segment. The findings of both methods are of equal significance in appraising the tibial segment. Multilayer manometry allows indirect appraisal of the condition of arteries in the channel of the deep femoral artery.