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What are the mortality and long-term patency rates of arterial surgery in patients with intermittent claudication?
What are the mortality and long-term patency rates of arterial surgery in patients with intermittent claudication?
Arterial surgery for intermittent claudication demonstrates low operative mortality and acceptable 5-year patency rates, particularly for aortoiliac procedures.
Historical cohort supports low operative risk benchmarks in claudication; leaves open relevance to modern endovascular strategies.
The results of a survey of 302 operations in 277 patients during 1959-70 are presented, and an additional 69 operations during 1971 are included in the mortality figures. Operative mortality (1968-71) was 0.9% in 113 aortoiliac operations and nil in 96 femoropopliteal operations.Immediate patency rates on dismissal from hospital exceeded 95%, and the five-year patency rate for aortoiliac operations was just over 70% and for femoropopliteal operations 60%.
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