[Characteristics of clinical picture, diagnosis and surgical treatment of hypoplasia of the thoracoabdominal portion of the aorta].

The experience with diagnosis and surgical treatment of 10 patients with a rare disease--hypoplasia is set forth in the article. According to the author's data this disease is always complicated with aortoarteritis with the involvement of the renal and visceral arteries. It is suggested to subdivide hypoplasia into several types: infrarenal hypoplasia, interrenal and supradiaphragmatic ones; hypoplasia with preseved orthograde blood flow and without the latter, with unilateral and bilateral involvement of renal arteries. 8 patients were operated upon. Errors of surgical tactics made when operating the first 3 patients are discussed. The other 5 patients showed a good effect of the operation. There were no fatal outcomes.