[Long-term outcomes of aortofemoral reconstructions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Studied herein are long-term outcomes of aortofemoral reconstructions in a total of 469 patients presenting with atherosclerosis. Of these, 201 (42.8%) patients were diagnosed as suffered from type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

[Analysis of quality of ambulatory follow-up of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus after reconstructive operations on the aortoiliac segment].

The article is dedicated to assessment of quality of ambulatory management of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus in remote terms following reconstructive operations on the aortoiliac segment. The aspects investigated included the frequency of the of patients' visiting the district polyclinic, as well as frequency and quality of planned examinations and conservative treatment. Presented herein are the results of questioning and comprehensive examination of fifty-six patients suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus (mean age 62.

[Femoropopliteal bypass above the knee-joint fissure by means of a vascular prosthesis made of PTFE: choosing an appropriate diameter of the prosthesis].

Presented herein are the outcomes of a total of 80 operations of femoropopliteal grafting above the knee-joint fissure, carried out using a vascular prosthesis made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in patients diagnosed with atherosclerotic lesions of the arteries of the lower extremities over the period between February 1995 and December 2005 at the Department of Vascular Surgery of the A. V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

[Femoro-popliteal bypass above popliteal fossa with PTFE graft: which graft diameter is better?].

The paper presents the results of 80 femoro-popliteal bypasses above popliteal fossa for patients with lower limb atherosclerotic lesions that were fulfilled with the use of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft in the Department of Vascular Surgery, AV Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, from February 1992 till December 2005. 50% of patients had lower limb ischemia grade IIb, 13.7% - grade III and 36.

[Surgical treatment of recurrent renovascular hypertension].

The article analyzes the results of surgery for a recurrence of vasorenal hypertension developing as a result of an impaired major blood flow in the operated on renal artery. The main causes of the blood flow impairment in the immediate postoperational period included an expansion of indications for the primary reconstructive operation or technical drawbacks during the operation itself whilst in the long-term post-operational period the progression of the underlying disease was the principal culprit. Repeated operations on the renal arteries were performed in 19 patients, and in 28 patients surgery consisted of secondary nephrectomy.