SPECIFIC OF SURGICAL TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIES FOLLOWING COMPLICATED ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
The article discusses outcomes of surgical treatment obtained in patients developing complications of endovascular interventions. The study included 36 subjects diagnosed with critical lower extremity ischaemia that had developed because of a previous endovascular intervention in the late postoperative period. All patients underwent open reconstructive surgical interventions. Some specifics were observed intraoperatively during the reconstructive surgery, following complicated stenting (such as broader surgical approach and restricted use of vascular clamps). In the late postoperative period, within three years after the secondary reconstruction, there were 100 % shunt patency and lower extremity preservation rates in patients with an arterial damage lying above the inguinal ligament, while subjects with an arterial damage below the inguinal ligament had respective rates of 64.7 % for shunt patency and 82.8 % for lower extremity preservation.