DISTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS AT ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMAL RESECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CRITICAL ISCHEMIA OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES
Two hundred and fourteen patients with uncomplicated abdominal aortic aneurysm were operated on over 18 years from 1989 to 2006. Of them, 49 (22.9%) patients had chronic critical ischemia of the lower extremities that required concomitant surgery -aneurysmal resection and distal reconstruction. Mortality after concomitant reconstructions was 17.3%; 52 patients were operated on; nine patients died.