[The prognostic elements in the surgical treatment of ruptured aneurysms of the subrenal aorta].

Personal experience and conclusions are reported after a review of the literature on rupturing aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. After considering some clinical data, which are features of this pathology, particularly prolonged hypotension, anuria and infarction of mesentery as negative prognostic elements, the diagnoses calling for hospitalisation, the causes of death, the interval between onset of symptomatology, admittance and surgery are examined and pointers sought with a view to improving results.

[Reconstructive surgery in high-risk arteriopathic patients].

The authors refer on 24 patients over 65 years of age suffering from obliterating arteriopathy of the lower limbs undergoing reconstructive surgery no matter the high surgical risk. These patients represent 12.3% of all vascular patients treated in five years of activity.

The problem of lower limb revascularization in III and IV stage arteriopathies.

With reference to our statistical data, we discuss the revascularization of the profound femoral artery and the importance, in some cases, of the superficial femoral artery in IV stage arteriopathies. We refer to the obtained results with attention to some technical particularities.