[Spinal electrostimulation in the treatment of advanced chronic obliterating arteriopathies].

From 1989 to 1992 83 patients suffering from peripheral vascular disease without medical or surgical possibilities, were treated by spinal cord stimulation (SCS). We studied claudicatio intermittens, rest pain and ischemic lesion behaviour in all the patients. We also studied microcirculation behaviour of 21 patients, by oxygen transcutaneous tension (vasodilatation index VI = TcPO2 42 degrees C: TcPO2 45 degrees C) and laser Doppler flowmetry (resting flow RF, standing flow SF, venoarteriolar reflex VAR = RF - SF, flow temperature increase FTI = F 40 degrees C 15'-RF).

Indobufen vs acetylsalicylic acid plus dipyridamole in long-term patency after femoropopliteal bypass.

To compare the effects of indobufen (INB) with those of ASA+dipyridamole (DP) on graft patency, 113 patients undergoing femoropopliteal bypass surgery were randomly and blindly assigned to treatment with INB 400 mg daily or with ASA 900 mg daily plus DP 225 mg daily. Treatment started 2 days before surgery and lasted for 12 months. All patients underwent two angiographic examinations: the first early after surgery (mean 6 days) and the second at the end of the study (mean 368 days).

[Buflomedil in the treatment of chronic peripheral arterial diseases. Case contribution].

A group of 29 patients with arteriopathy, many inoperable or unsuccessfully operated, were treated intravenously and/or orally with Loftyl. 14 2nd stage patients benefited from the treatment, as shown by the prolongation of the interval between attacks in 3 cases and by the disappearance of a limp in one case. 3rd and 4th stage patients also showed good results, especially considering the severity of some cases.