Patient-perceived outcomes of different anaesthetic techniques in classical surgical treatment of varicose veins of lower limbs.

Aim Of The Study: To evaluate the effects of spinal or locoregional anaesthesia versus local tumescent anesthesia during traditional surgical treatment of saphenous reflux, in terms of pain and postoperative functional recovery.

Materials And Methods: From January to December 2014, 195 consecutive interventions of stripping of the greater saphenous vein for valvular incompetence were performed. In 114 cases spinal or locoregional anaesthesia was performed (group 1), in the remaining 81 cases local anaesthesia with the tumescence technique was carried out (group 2).

A 33-year experience with surgical management of popliteal artery aneurysms.

Objective: This study retrospectively analyzed our 33-year experience with surgical management of popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs), with particular attention paid to early and long-term results.

Methods: From January 1981 to December 2013, 234 open surgical interventions for PAA were performed in 196 patients. Data concerning these interventions were collected in a dedicated database containing main preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative features.

Combined carotid and cardiac surgery: improving the results.

Background: Aim of this study was to analyze our experience in the last 5 years of combined carotid and cardiac surgery.

Methods: During a 5-year period (January 2002-December 2006), 111 patients underwent combined carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (group 1), while 1,446 patients underwent isolated CEA (group 2). Perioperative outcomes in the two groups were compared using chi(2) and Fisher's exact tests to analyze neurological deficits, cardiac events, and death at 30 days.