Metabolic factors influencing indications and results of reconstructive surgery in peripheral atherosclerosis.
The incidence of risk factors at the time of operation and in the late postoperative course was evaluated in a series of patients operated upon for reconstruction of the aorto-iliac and femoro-popliteal tracts. The data reported seem to indicate a direct correlation between the long term patency rates of the arterial reconstructions and the incidence of the risk factors.
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