Te deep artery of the thigh is the surgeon's hope, the patient's salvation
Introduction. One of the most difcult problems of obliterating diseases of the abdominal aorta and arteries n/a is the variants of multiple and di use vascular changes. Te aim of the study was to improve the results of surgical treatment of patients with obliterating atherosclerosis by reasonable use of the deep femoral artery.Materials and methods of research. Tis paper presents the experience of surgical treatment of 121 patients with the use of HBA plastic surgery (118 men and 3 women) who underwent revascularization in the Department of Vascular Surgery of the University clinic Mikaelian Institute of Surgery" in the period from 2008 to 2020.Results. In bypass operations on the aorto-iliac-femoral segment, the use of HBA as the only receptive collector in 87.19% of cases makes it possible to achieve an improvement in the clinical status in the immediate postoperative period (in 92.6% with GPID <0.4; in 81.9% with GPID ≥ 0.4 (p < 0.02).Conclusion. Te reserve potential of the HBA pool, manifested in the dynamics of the postoperative period, allows to compensate for blood circulation during the year afer surgery and preserve the viability of the limb.