[Prospective study of early and late morbidity and mortality in the abdominal aortic aneurysm surgical repair].

Objective: To prospectively assess early and late morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing elective surgical repair of abdominal infrarenal aortic aneurysms and to determine the independent predictors of cardiac events.

Methods: For 6 consecutive years, this study analyzed 130 patients, who underwent routine standardized preoperative assessment always with the same clinical, surgical, and anesthesia teams.

Results: In-hospital mortality was 3.

Major amputations of the lower leg. The patients two years later.

Unlabelled: The most devastating consequence of vascular disease of the lower extremity is amputation. Although considered as the end of the efforts of the vascular procedures, it should not be considered the end of medical treatment of the patient. The purpose of this study was to determine the situation of patients who suffered a major amputation of the lower leg due to ischemic vascular disease, at least two years after this event.