[The potentials of polarography in predicting the effect of a reconstructive operation in patients with severe ischemia of the lower extremities].

Possibilities to prognose the effect of reconstructive operation on the lower extremity vessels are shown on the basis of transcutaneous of oxygen on the dorsal surface of the foot in complex with ultrasonic Dopplerometry in patients with severe ischemia of lower extremities. Effectiveness of the test with the orthostatic growth of Po is proved. An examination of 60 patients with severe ischemia of lower extremities and 10 patients without pathology of main vessels (control group) was performed.

[The potentials for noninvasive diagnosis in predicting the effect of a reconstructive operation in patients with severe ischemia of the lower extremities].

The paper discusses whether the outcome of reconstructive surgery can be predicted by using the orthostatic test in Doppler sonography and transcutaneous polarography. A total of 97 patients with severe lower extremity ischemia were studied, of them 87 were operated on. Reconstructive operations on the vessels were performed in 72 patients.