[Ways to improve the results of the treatment of acute obstruction of the aorta and major arteries of the lower extremities in middle-aged and elderly patients]. / Puti uluchsheniia rezul'tatov lecheniia ostroi neprokhodimosti aorty i magistral'nykh arterii konechnostei u bol'nykh pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.

The authors treated acute arterial obstruction in 190 patients. A complex of diagnostic and therapeutic measures, including the establishment of indications for operative treatment, development of tactics, use of ++physico-technical methods (ultrasound study, rheography, electrocardiography, ++roentgeno-contrast angiography, ultra-violet blood irradiation, electromyostimulation) was developed. A positive result of treatment was obtained in 78.9% of patients, incidence of an amputation performance was 13.7% lethality--12.6%.