Follow-up Studies of Iliofemoral Arterial Reconstruction in Arteriosclerosis Obliterans

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Abstract
RECENT surgical intervention in the treatment of localized peripheral arterial blockage resulting from arteriosclerosis obliterans has had varied results. Removal of the intra-arterial block en masse by thromboendarterectomy was originated by dos Santos.1 Applied to the femoral artery, its most recent modification by Cannon and Barker2 has proved 87 per cent effective. The insertion of vessel grafts — arterial and venous, autogenous and homologous — has, according to recent reports, shown an effectiveness ranging from 35 to 75 per cent3 4 5 for femoral occlusion. This study is designed to add results to those already reported in the literature so that proper . . .