[Erosion-induced hemorrhage after surgical treatment of acute obstruction of major arteries of the lower extremities].

The article generalizes an experience with the surgical treatment of arrosion bleedings in 40 patients which was a complication of the operative treatment of acute arterial obstruction of main extremity arteries in 2983 patients. It was shown that suture of the vessel defect under conditions of a purulent wound was inadmissible, since recurrent bleedings are inevitable and often followed by lethal outcomes. The optimal method of treatment of arrosion bleedings is considered to be ligation of the artery in combination with an extraanatomical shunt.