[Treatment of patients with critical lower limb ischaemia: endovascular methods or reconstructive operations].

Presented herein is a review of the literature related to endovascular methods of treatment of patients with critical lower limb ischaemia. This is followed by comparative assessment of the outcomes of endovascular and open surgical interventions. Also covered are problems concerning appropriate therapeutic decision making, taking into consideration peculiarities of lower limb ischaemia and the state at the expense of insufficiency of inflow/outflow.