Choice of Therapy for Peripheral Arteriosclerosis

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Abstract
AS surgical methods become available in the management of peripheral arteriosclerosis, the proper choice of treatment, for a particular problem encountered, becomes important. Such a choice necessitates an accurate appraisal of the pathology in the individual patient, and a knowledge of the results to be expected from various methods of treatment.Major surgery is justified only if life expectancy is adequate. The latest figures for the general population above forty years of age are impressively high (Table 1). How the general expectancy is affected by the presence of peripheral arteriosclerosis is not well documented. A study of 100 patients after . . .