[Use of the Doppler effect in pathology and vascular surgery of the lower extremities].
A clinical, arteriographic and hemodynamic comparative study, using the Doppler effect in 100 cases, suggests: -- that a study of the Doppler effect is a very useful method of diagnosis to determine the site of obstruction and the state of the blood vessels beyond the obstruction, even in the absence of adequate radiological images; -- following operation, it permits one to assess a case of thrombosis, even when the latter is not obvious clinically. It makes unnecessary post-operative arteriographic controls in tired or high-risk patients.