[The cost of surgical and endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm - a retrospective comparative study].

Introduction: A comparison of the costs of a surgery and an endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) for the General Health Insurance Company (VšZP) in 2009-2010.

Material And Methods: Between 2009 and 2010, VšZP paid for treatment of 211 patients with AAA with an average age of 69 years (range: 41-91 years). Out of these, 174 patients underwent surgical treatment and 37 patients were treated by endovascular means.

[Clinical significance of venoplasties in infragenicular prosthetic bypass grafts].

Aims: Analysis of medium-term patency of prosthetic infragenicular bypass grafts with venoplasty of distal anastomosis and evaluation of venoplasties in patients with critical limb ischemia.

Study Design: A single centre, retrospective, non-randomised study.

Methods And Results: In 1998-2005, 42 patients with critical limb ischemias were surgically managed at our clinic using infragenicular prosthetic bypass graft implantation with distal anastomosis venoplasty.

[Arthroscopy of the ankle joint--A rare cause of a pseudoaneurysm of the dorsalis pedis artery--A case review].

The arthroscopy is an attractive method for the diagnosing and treatment of injured joint structures in contemporary sport medicine. Vascular complications of this technique are very rare but generally extremely dangerous for the extremity salvage. We describe a rare case of the pedal artery pseudo aneurysm after ankle arthroscopy and the treatment of this complication.

[The influence of chloroquine on some biochemical and hematological parameters in patients with critical limb ischemia].

CLI represents a major medical and social problem. The incidence is increasing and currently it was estimated 500-1000 per 1 million inhabitants. We carried out a clinical study (2000-2004) concerning monitoring of some hematological and biochemical markers during reperfusion in patients with CLI.