OUTCOME IN VASCULAR SURGERY

• Published in: International journal for quality in health care Vol. 2; no. 3-4; pp. 279 - 295
• Main Author: Takolander, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 1990
• Subjects: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aorta, Abdominal; Aortic Aneurysm - mortality; Aortic Aneurysm - surgery; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - mortality; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - surgery; Carotid Artery Diseases - mortality; Carotid Artery Diseases - surgery; carotid artery stenosis; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Leg - blood supply; lower limb ischemia; natural course; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; surgical results; Vascular Surgical Procedures - standards; Vascular Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data
• ISSN: 1353-4505; 1040-6166; 1464-3677
• DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/2.3-4.279

In this review of outcome after vascular surgery the results after surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and reconstructions for ischemia of the lower limbs are discussed and compared with the natural course of the disease. Deaths due to rupture of AAA is an increasing problem even though elective surgery because of AAA has increased, the appropriateness of CEA, which is a seemingly logical operation, has been widely discussed, and operations because of ischemia in the lower limbs constitute some 50% of the work of the vascular surgeon.